✦ LIBER ✦
A RAPID BIOASSAY TO DETECT MYCOTOXINS USING A MELANIN PRECURSOR OVERPRODUCER MUTANT OF THE CILIATETETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA
✍ Scribed by ANA MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ; LAURA BENÍTEZ; TRINIDAD SOTO; JOSEFINA RODRIGUEZ DE LECEA; JUAN CARLOS GUTÍERREZ
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1065-6995
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✦ Synopsis
Four different mycotoxins (patulin, T-2 toxin, diacetoxyscirpenol and roquefortine) were used to study growth inhibitory effects on a melanin precursor overproducer mutant of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. This strain is especially sensitive to diacetoxyscirpenol and T-2 toxin. The secretion capacity of melanin precursors into the culture medium by this mutant and its biosensor capacity are very useful characteristics to elaborate a rapid bioassay to detect some specific mycotoxins.