Posts Tagged ‘Aspergillus’
You know it is a good day at the library when you walk by the magazine rack and see a false-color electron micrograph image of a conidiophore on a cover. It was the cover of the May 22, edition of ScienceNews, which happened to contain a feature article entitled I, Mold by Laura Bell. It [...]
Tags: Aspergillus, Candida, Cryptococcus, fungal disease, medical mycology, mold, ScienceNews
Yesterday while doing a little research for the post on Ochratoxin A in coffee, I discovered that although the subject is reasonably well addressed at Wikipedia, there was nothing for the fungus Aspergillus ochraceus. Myself, I don’t know a whole lot about that species. I could probably get something started on it, but couldn’t do [...]
Tags: Aspergillus, wikipedia
Ochratoxin A (OTA) must be a big problem in coffee beans. Why do I think so? Because the United Nations set up a special program and website to address the issue. The program has been completed but the website, Reducing Ochratoxin A in Coffee remains. This website is also a training resource, providing information and [...]
Tags: Aspergillus, coffee, mycotoxins, ochratoxin, Penicillium
A very nice animated video of Aspergillus conidiophores appears at YouTube courtesy of Lariontsev. He must be Russian. BTW, I have started a site called Fungal Visions that features nothing but fungal videos from YouTube .
Tags: animation, Aspergillus, condiophores
