A Novel Population of Fusarium fujikuroi Isolated from Southeastern U.S. Winegrapes Reveals the Need to Re-Evaluate the Species' Fumonisin Production

• Published in: Toxins Vol. 8; no. 9; p. 254
• Main Authors: Bolton, Stephanie L, Brannen, Phillip M, Glenn, Anthony E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 31.08.2016; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Crops, Agricultural - microbiology; DNA, Fungal - genetics; Food Contamination - analysis; Food Microbiology; Fruit - microbiology; fumonisin; Fumonisins - analysis; Fusarium; Fusarium - classification; Fusarium - growth & development; Fusarium - isolation & purification; Fusarium fujikuroi; Fusarium proliferatum; grapes; ochratoxin A; Phylogeography; Southeastern United States; Vitis - microbiology; Vitis vinifera; fumonisin; ochratoxin A; Fusarium; Fusarium fujikuroi; Vitis vinifera; Fusarium proliferatum; grapes

Mycotoxins pose a challenge to a safe food supply worldwide, and their threat is expected to worsen with our changing climate. The need for diligence is exemplified by the discovery of fumonisin B2 in wine, which joins ochratoxin A as a mycotoxin of concern in the grape-wine chain. To elucidate the...