Part I: Fungal Genera and Species of Major Significance and Their Associated Mycotoxins
1. Mycotoxins: An Underhand Food Problem
Antonio Moretti, Antonio F. Logrieco, and Antonia Susca
2. Alternaria Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins
Virginia Elena Fernandez Pinto and Andrea Patriarca
3. Aspergillus Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins
Giancarlo Perrone and Antonia Gallo
4. Fusarium Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins
Gary P. Munkvold
5. Penicillium Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins
Giancarlo Perrone and Antonia Susca
Part II: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Methods for Detection and Identification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi
6. Targeting Conserved Genes in Alternaria Species Miguel Angel Pavon, Ines Maria Lopez-Calleja, Isabel Gonzalez, Rosario Martin, and Teresa Garcia
7. Targeting Conserved Genes in Aspergillus Species
Sandor Kocsube and Janos Varga
8. Targeting Conserved Genes in Fusarium Species
Jessica Gil-Serna, Belen Patino, Miguel Jurado, Salvador Mirete, Covadonga Vazquez, and M. Teresa Gonzalez-Jaen
9. Targeting Conserved Genes in Penicillium Species
Stephen W. Peterson
10. Targeting Aflatoxin Biosynthetic Genes
Ali Y. Srour, Ahmad M. Fakhoury, and Robert L. Brown
11. Targeting Trichothecene Biosynthetic Genes
Songhong Wei, Theo van der Lee, Els Verstappen, Marga van Gent, and Cees Waalwijk
12. Targeting Ochratoxin Biosynthetic Genes
Antonia Gallo and Giancarlo Perrone
13. Targeting Fumonisin Biosynthetic Genes
Robert H. Proctor and Martha M. Vaughan
14. Targeting Other Mycotoxin Biosynthetic Genes
Maria J. Andrade, Mar Rodriguez, Juan J. Cordoba, and Alicia Rodriguez
15. Evaluating Aflatoxin Gene Expression in Aspergillus Section Flavi
Paula Cristina Azevedo Rodrigues, Jessica Gil-Serna, and M. Teresa Gonzalez-Jaen
16. Evaluating Fumonisin Gene Expression in Fusarium verticillioides
Valeria Scala, Ivan Visentin, and Francesca Cardinale
Part III: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Methods for Multiplex Detection of Mycotoxigenic Fungi
17. Multiplex Detection of Aspergillus Species
Pedro Martinez-Culebras, Maria Victoria Selma, and Rosa Aznar
18. Multiplex Detection of Fusarium Species
Tapani Yli-Mattila, Siddaiah Chandra Nayaka, Mudili Venkataramana, and Emre Yoeruk
19. Multiplex Detection of Penicillium Species
Alicia Rodriguez, Juan J. Cordoba, Mar Rodriguez, and Maria J. Andrade
Part IV: Combined PCR and Other Molecular Approaches for Detection and Identification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi
20. PCR-RFLP for Aspergillus Species
Ali Atoui and Andre El Khoury
21. PCR ITS-RFLP for Penicillium Species and Other Genera
Sandrine Rousseaux and Michele Guilloux-Benatier
Part V: New Methodologies for Detection and Identification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi<
22. Identification of Ochratoxin A-Producing Black Aspergilli from Grapes Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays
Michelangelo Storari and Giovanni A.L. Broggini
23. Detection of Transcriptionally Active Mycotoxin Gene Clusters: DNA Microarray
Tamas Emri, Anna Zalka, and Istvan Pocsi
24. Mycotoxins: A Fungal Genomics Perspective
Daren W. Brown and Scott E. Baker