Toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins entered human food supplies about the time when mankind
first began to cultivate crops and to store them from one season to the next, perhaps 10,000 …

A series of publications in the 1950s described a kidney disease in Bulgaria, the former
Yugoslavia and Romania that became known as Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN). The …

The 58 species in Penicillium subgenus Penicillium produce a large number of bioactive
extrolites (secondary metabolites), including several mycotoxins. An overview of these …

The taxonomy of the important mycotoxigenic species Penicillium viridicatum and P.
verrucosum was reviewed to clarify disagreements relating to the three P. viridicatum groups …

Citrinin (CTN) is a nephrotoxic mycotoxin produced by several fungal strains belonging to
the genera Penicillium, Aspergillus, and Monascus. It contaminates various commodities of …

A survey of the nephrotoxic mycotoxins ochratoxin and citrinin in cereals used as feed for
bacon pigs was conducted, employing thin‐layer chromatography techniques, in districts of …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Samples. Grain samples coded D (Table I) were associated
with lung problems in farmers and elevator operators and were collected from farm storage …

Strains of available terverticillate penicillium species and varieties were analyzed for profiles
of known mycotoxins and other secondary metabolites produced on Czapek yeast …

The concept of water activity (aw) was introduced to food microbiologists by Scott (1957),
who showed that aw effectively quantitated the relationship between moisture in foodstuffs …

Increasing knowledge of the microbiome has led to significant advancements in the agrifood
system. Case studies based on microbiome applications have been reported worldwide …