Fungi, aflatoxin-producing

Direct economic losses due to the presence of mycotoxin- (especially aflatoxin-)producing fungi in agricultural crops can be detected in reduced crop yields and lower quality, reduced animal performance and reproductivity... 

G. A. Payne, Process of Contamination by Aflatoxin-Producing Fungi and Their Impact on Crops. In Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food Safety K. K. Sinha, D. Bhatnagar, Eds. Marcel Dekker New York, 1998 pp 279-306. 

SinhaKK, BhatnagarD (eds) Mycotoxin in Agriculture and Food Safety. New York, Dekker, 1988. Payne GA Process of contamination by aflatoxin-producing fungi and their impact on crops in Sinha KK, Bhatnagar D (eds) Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food Safety. New York, Dekker,... 

Cotty, P.J. and Jaime-Garcia, R. 2007. Influences of climate on aflatoxin producing fungi and aflatoxin contamination. International Journal of Food Microbiology 119 109-115. 

Table I. Morphological and Growth Comparisons of the Aflatoxin-producing Fungi...

Cary, J.W., Klich, M.A. Beltz, S.B. (2005) Characterization of aflatoxin-producing fungi outside of Aspergillus section Flavi. Mycologia 97(2), 425-432. 

Aflatoxin-producing fungi in preharvest corn. Inoculum source in insects and soil. J. Environ. Qual., 9, 691-694. 

The number of clear human epidemiologic studies is small. A total of approximately 50 compounds (c.g., benzene, vinyl chloride) and complex e.xposures (e.g., aluminum production, tobacco smoke) have sufficient data available to permit their classification as human carcinogens. The most potent human carcinogens known, the aflatoxins. are of natural origin. Their presence in food products through infestation by toxin-producing fungi constitute a serious problem in several tropical and subtropical countries. 

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