Abstract
Species of Aspergillus and its teleomorph Eurotium are the epitome of spoilage fungi. There are few kinds of foods, commodities and raw materials from which aspergilli cannot be isolated consistently. The genus Aspergillus and its species are producers of several mycotoxins, which have a large agricultural, epidemiological and economic impact. It is one of the main agents responsible for mycotoxin agricultural pollution, as well as being associated with common microbial flora of many agronomic crops. Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus are the main aflatoxin-producing species, while production of ochratoxin A is mainly associated with Aspergillus carbonarius and A. niger or nigri section species, which has also been reported to produce fumonisin, sterigmatocystin, cyclopiazonic acid and patulin.
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