Oligonucleotide microarray for the identification of potential mycotoxigenic fungi

BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Fungal species identified (+) or not identified (-) with diagnostic chip developed

No.	Fungus	Array results		Blind samples
		Genus	Species	Genus	Species
1	Alternaria alternata	+	+	+	+
2	Aspergillus carbonarius	+	+
3	Aspergillus clavatus	+	+
4	Aspergillus multicolor	+	+
5	Aspergillus niger	+	+	+	+
6	Aspergillus parasiticus	+	+
7	Aspergillus versicolor	+	+	+	+
8	Bipolaris sorokiniana	+	+
9	Claviceps purpurea	+	+
10	Curvularia lunata	+	+
11	Drechslera spp	-	-
12	Diplodia maydis (Stenocarpella maydis)	+	+
13	Eurotium amstelodami	+	+
14	Eurotium chevalieri	-	-
15	Fusarium acuminatum	+	+	+	+
16	Fusarium anthophilum	-	-
17	Fusarium avenaceum	+	+
18	Fusarium compactum	+	+
19	Fusarium crookwellense	+	+
20	Fusarium decemcellulare	+	+
21	Fusarium equiseti	+	+
22	Fusarium globosum	+	+
23	Fusarium graminearum	+	+	+	+
24	Fusarium moniliforme\verticllioides	+	+
25	Fusarium oxysporum	+	+
26	Fusarium rugulosum	+	+
27	Fusarium sambucinum	-	-	+	-
28	Fusarium semitectum	-	-
29	Fusarium solani	+	+
30	Fusarium sporotrichioides	+	+
31	Fusarium subglutinans	+	+
32	Penicillium corylophilum	+	+
33	Penicillium expansum	+	+	+	+
34	Penicillium fellutanum	+	+
35	Penicillium funiculosum	-	-
36	Penicillium italicum	+	+
37	Penicillium islandicum	+	+	+	+
38	Penicillium rugulosum	-	-
39	Penicillium viridicatum	+	+
40	Pithomyces chartarum	-	-

Note: Eight blind samples were used to evaluate the array and could be identified to either genus- or species-level.

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