Toxigenic Fungi in Food
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Toxigenic fungi in food.
Forty-five fungal isolates from moldy supermarket foods were tested for toxicity to brine shrimp, and twenty-two of these isolates were subsequently tested for toxicity to chicken embryos. Highly toxigenic fungi were Cladosporium sphaerospermum from a bakery product, Fusarium oxysporum from carrots, F. solani from cabbage, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium corylophilum from bread, P. cyclopium ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Microbiology
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0003-6919
DOI: 10.1128/aem.30.1.159-161.1975