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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 259, Issue 1, Pages 7-13Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00235.x
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Fusarium; multiplex PCR; tricothecene
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The ability to rapidly distinguish trichothecene chemotypes in a given species/population of the genus Fusarium is important due to significant differences in the toxicity of these secondary metabolites. A multiplex PCR assay, based on primer pairs derived from the Tri3, Tri5 and Tri7 genes of the trichothecene gene cluster was established for the identification of the different chemotypes among Fusarium graminearum, F. culmorum and F. cerealis. Using the selected primers, specific amplification products of 625, 354 and 708 bp were obtained from Fusarium isolates producing nivalenol, 3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol and 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol, respectively. Moreover, the multiplex PCR was successfully used to identify the chemotype of the Fusarium species contaminating wheat kernels. Four picograms of fungal DNA were found to be necessary to obtain a visible amplification product.
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