These images were kindly supplied by Rita Serra and Armando Venâncio who retain the copyright. (Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga – Portugal) The type strain is stored at the University of Minho culture collection (Micoteca da Universidade do Minho).
Test for aflatoxin B1. Standard curve wells in triplicate – columns 9, 10 & 11 – laid out horizontally. Triplicates of 14 samples laid out vertically in rows 2 to 8
Light microscopical appearance of hepatic tissue in outbreak of aflatoxicosis showing centrilobular degeneration of hepatocytes with vacuolated cytoplasm and apoptoses (top right abnormal)(Haematoxylin and eosin).
Aspergillus terreus Thom. A Colonies on MEA after one week; B detail of colony showing columnar conidial heads x 44 ; C conidial heads and tip x 920; D conidia x2330
Aspergillus terreus Thom. Conidial head of Aspergillus terreus. Conidial heads are compact, columnar and biseriate. Conidiophores are hyaline to slightly yellow and smooth walled.
