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Double-Staining Method to Detect Pectin in Plant-Fungus Interaction
Published on: February 4, 2022
Mycobiota associated with strawberry fruits, their mycotoxin potential and pectinase activity
Mohamed A Hussein1, Ahmed H M El-Said1, Asmaa S Yassein1
1Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
Abstract:
Forty-three species and variety belonging to 15 genera were collected from 30 strawberry fruit samples on Glucose-Czapek's agar medium. Among them, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium citrinum were the most frequent species recovered from 53.3%, 70.0% and 50.0% of the samples, respectively. According to the ITS rDNA sequence, we confirmed the morphological identification result. Moreover, aflatoxin biosynthesis gene omt-A was detected in A. flavus, while Aopks gene was found in A. niger. Interestingly, we could not detect any aflatoxin or ochratoxin biosynthesis genes in the P. citrinum strain. The concentration of detected aflatoxin was 3.5 ppb produced by A. flavus, while A. niger gave 4.1 ppb as ochratoxin. A. flavus was the most pectinase producer among the selected strains, and the highest amount was obtained at 30°C after 6 days of incubation with initial medium pH 8.
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