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Phylogeny and Mycotoxin Characterization of Alternaria Species Isolated from Wheat Grown in Tuscany, Italy

Antonio MorettiAlessandra VillaniAntonia SuscaAntonio F. LogriecoGiuseppe MecaStefania SommaCarlos LuzFrancesca Anna RamiresMario Masiello

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Section <i>Alternaria</i>0301 basic medicineHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisAlternariollcsh:MedicineFood Contaminationtranslation elongation factor 1αToxicologymedicine.disease_causeArticlealternariolallergen alt1aSection <i>Infectoriae</i>03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundAllergenPhylogeneticsotorhinolaryngologic diseasesmedicineTenuazonic acidFood scienceDNA FungalMycotoxinPhylogenyTriticumaltenuenebiologySection Alternaria; Section Infectoriae; allergen alt1a; altenuene; alternariol; alternariol-monomethyl ether; glyceraldeyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; tenuazonic acid; translation elongation factor 1alphalcsh:RAlternariafood and beveragesMycotoxins030108 mycology & parasitologyContaminationalternariol-monomethyl etherAlternariabiology.organism_classificationglyceraldeyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase030104 developmental biologyItalychemistrytenuazonic acidAlternaria speciesSection InfectoriaeSection Alternaria

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Wheat, the main source of carbohydrates worldwide, can be attacked by a wide number of phytopathogenic fungi, included Alternaria species. Alternaria species commonly occur on wheat worldwide and produce several mycotoxins such as tenuazonic acid (TA), alternariol (AOH), alternariol-monomethyl ether (AME), and altenuene (ALT), provided of haemato-toxic, genotoxic, and mutagenic activities. The contamination by Alternaria species of wheat kernels, collected in Tuscany, Italy, from 2013 to 2016, was evaluated. Alternaria contamination was detected in 93 out of 100 field samples, with values ranging between 1 and 73% (mean of 18%). Selected strains were genetically characterized by multi-locus gene sequencing approach through combined sequences of allergen alt1a, glyceraldeyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and translation elongation factor 1&alpha

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2018-11-01Toxins
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10110472