Helpful Yeast Battles Food-Contaminating Aflatoxin

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 09:56 in Mathematics & Economics

Pistachios, almonds and other popular tree nuts might someday be routinely sprayed with a yeast called Pichia anomala to prevent contamination with aflatoxins, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologist.

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