Corn/Maize drying in Nepal-extensive damage to kernals
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Mouldy maize (6-12ug/kg) was implicated for an outbreak of intoxication with aflatoxin in India in 200 villages in 1974. 397 patients were intoxicated and 106 deaths were reported. Symptoms included fever, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, hepatomegaly, ascites and ankle oedema. No infants were affected.
Spitzenkorper; phase contrast micrograph of A.nidulans after one day grown at 25°C in minimal media containing 17% gelatin showing spitzenkorper and fungal cell morphology
Mitochondria organisation: GFP fluorescence micrographs showing mitochondrial organisation in an A.nidulans strain with GFP mitochondria, grown at 25°C in minimal media.
