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Research Project: Improved Analytical Technologies for Detection of Foodborne Toxins and Their Metabolites

Location: Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research

Title: Metabolomic evaluation of conditions favoring mycotoxin production in isolates of Fusarium fungi

Author
item Busman, Mark

Submitted to: American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/9/2016
Publication Date: 6/9/2016
Citation: Busman, M. 2016. Metabolomic evaluation of conditions favoring mycotoxin production in isolates of Fusarium fungi [abstract]. American Society for Mass Spectrometry.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Several species of Fusarium have the potential to produce secondary metabolites that have been identified as mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are often found in plants that serve as hosts for invasive fungi. Toxicity can serve as a mechanism for imparting virulence to invasive fungi, and can cause toxicity in the plant materials consumed by either humans or animals. Here we describe the use of MS-based metabolomic approaches to characterize conditions that lead to increased toxin production by Fusarium species upon infestation of growing kernels of maize. The purpose of this work is to apply LC-MS-based methods to investigate the metabolomics of the maize- Fusarium verticillioides interaction in order to identify metabolites that are markers for disease and disease resistance.