Brazil nuts are subject to infection with B and G aflatoxin-producing fungus, Aspergillus pseudonomius

• Published in: International journal of food microbiology Vol. 186; pp. 14 - 21
• Main Authors: Massi, Fernanda Pelisson, Vieira, Maria Lúcia Carneiro, Sartori, Daniele, Penha, Rafael Elias Silva, de Freitas Munhoz, Carla, Ferreira, Josué Maldonado, Iamanaka, Beatriz Thie, Taniwaki, Marta Hiromi, Frisvad, Jens C., Fungaro, Maria Helena Pelegrinelli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.09.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: aflatoxin B1; aflatoxin B2; aflatoxin G1; aflatoxin G2; Aflatoxin production; Aflatoxins - isolation & purification; Amazonia; amplified fragment length polymorphism; Aspergillus - genetics; Aspergillus - isolation & purification; Aspergillus - physiology; Aspergillus nomius; Aspergillus pseudonomius; Aspergillus section Flavi; Bertholletia - microbiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil nut; Brazil nuts; calmodulin; commercialization; Food industries; Food Microbiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; fungi; gene flow; Genetic Variation; loci; nucleotide sequences; random amplified polymorphic DNA technique; tenuazonic acid; Tenuazonic Acid - isolation & purification; tubulin; variance; water activity; Amazonia; Aspergillus section Flavi; Brazil nut; Aspergillus pseudonomius; Aflatoxin production; Aspergillus nomius; Nuts; Mycotoxin; Fungi; Infection; Toxin; Aspergillus; Production; Fungi Imperfecti; Aflatoxin

The exploitation of the Brazil nut is one of the most important activities of the extractive communities of the Amazon rainforest. However, its commercialization can be affected by the presence of aflatoxins produced by fungi, namely Aspergillus section Flavi. In the present study, we investigated a...