Publications by authors named "Laura Quero"
Article Synopsis
- - Filamentous fungi pose a significant risk to food safety by causing food losses and producing harmful mycotoxins, making their rapid identification essential.
- - This study explored the effectiveness of MALDI-TOF, a rapid identification tool, in distinguishing Aspergillus section Flavi species and differentiating Penicillium roqueforti isolates from three genetic populations.
- - The results showed that MALDI-TOF provided high accuracy in identifying fungal species, with over 99% correct attribution for Aspergillus and 94-95% for P. roqueforti, indicating its potential as a reliable alternative to traditional molecular methods.
Filamentous fungi are frequently involved in food spoilage and cause important food losses and substantial economic damage. Their rapid and accurate identification is a key step to better manage food safety and quality. In recent years, MALDI-TOF MS has emerged as a powerful tool to identify microorganisms and has successfully been applied to the identification of filamentous fungi especially in the clinical context.
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