In a study on taxonomy of mycotoxigenic fungi associated with raisins and other dried fruits including apricots, apples and white mulberries, and the traditional food Terkhêna in Mahabad, west of Iran, 33 isolates resembling members of the genus Rhizopus were collected. These isolates were placed in two distinct clusters based on DNA fingerprinting patterns generated by primer (GTG)5. A representative isolate from each cluster was selected for phylogenetic analysis. Based on ITS phylogeny, two representative isolates IRAN 5249C and CJA OGh31 were identified as Rhizopus arrhizus which has previously been reported from soil and clinical samples in Iran. To our knowledge, it is the first report of R. arrhizus on dried fruits apricot and white mulberry and the traditional food Terkhêna around the globe. To clarify the taxonomy of R. arrhizus, we recommend more investigation on the phylogeny of this species using multigene phylogenetic analyses.
Ghaderi, O., & Abdollahzadeh, J. (2024). Identification of Rhizopus arrhizus associated with some dried fruits and the traditional food Terkhêna in Mahabad, western Iran. Mycologia Iranica, 11(1), 117-122. doi: 10.22043/mi.2024.367535.1291
MLA
Omid Ghaderi; Jafar Abdollahzadeh. "Identification of Rhizopus arrhizus associated with some dried fruits and the traditional food Terkhêna in Mahabad, western Iran". Mycologia Iranica, 11, 1, 2024, 117-122. doi: 10.22043/mi.2024.367535.1291
HARVARD
Ghaderi, O., Abdollahzadeh, J. (2024). 'Identification of Rhizopus arrhizus associated with some dried fruits and the traditional food Terkhêna in Mahabad, western Iran', Mycologia Iranica, 11(1), pp. 117-122. doi: 10.22043/mi.2024.367535.1291
VANCOUVER
Ghaderi, O., Abdollahzadeh, J. Identification of Rhizopus arrhizus associated with some dried fruits and the traditional food Terkhêna in Mahabad, western Iran. Mycologia Iranica, 2024; 11(1): 117-122. doi: 10.22043/mi.2024.367535.1291
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