Discrimination of Aspergillus flavus from Aspergillus oryzae by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry.
Mohammad Taghi HedayatiMojtaba Taghizadeh-ArmakiHossein ZarrinfarAkbar HoseinnejadSaham AnsariMahdi AbastabarHalil ErBetil OzhakDilara OguncMacit IlkitSeyedmojtaba SeyedmousaviPublished in: Mycoses (2019)
The results indicate that the commercially available Bruker Daltonik MALDI-TOF MS score database cannot separate A flavus and A oryzae species. We also showed that establishment of an in-house library is a useful tool to discriminate closely related Aspergillus species, including A flavus and A oryzae.