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Eukaryota > Fungi > Mitosporic Fungi > Aspergillus > Aspergillus flavus

Preferred term

Aspergillus flavus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Aspergillus parvisclerotigenus
  • Petromyces flavus

Note

  • infection: coordinate with ASPERGILLOSIS

Scope note

  • A species of imperfect fungi which grows on peanuts and other plants and produces the carcinogenic substance aflatoxin. It is also used in the production of the antibiotic flavicin.

History note

  • 74(72)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001231

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