The ITEM Collection includes more than 13,000 strains belonging to various agro-food microorganisms with phytopathological and toxicological significance. Thousands strains belonging to toxigenic genera Aspergillus, Alternaria, Fusarium, and Penicillium, representing wide biodiversity to investigate strategies for reducing mycotoxin contamination. Also yeasts (300) and lactic bacteria (400) has been also preserved and characterized for autochthonous industrial fermentation of typical Apulian food.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e5347845-c5bd-4cff-9a5d-83ba9a7b1978
Homepage: http://server.ispa.cnr.it/ITEM/Collection/
Citation: Perrone G, Susca A, Moretti A, Logrieco A F, Bucci G, Ianigro M (2024). The ITEM fungal repository dataset (ISPA-ITEM-02). Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioscienze e BioRisorse (CNR-IBBR). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/chznqw accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-24.