Abstract
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a byproduct of mold metabolism, have garnered increasing interest because the VOCs can be used to detect food early contamination. So far, the use of VOCs as indicators of rice mildew, specifically caused by Aspergillus tubingensis and Penicillium oxalicum, and the mechanisms of their generation are not well investigated. This study examines the VOCs produced by these molds during paddy storage, utilizing headspace solid-phase micro-extraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC–MS). We further elucidate the mechanisms underlying the formation of these VOCs through a comparative transcriptomic analysis. The VOCs characteristic to A. tubingensis and P. oxalicum, identified with a VIP value > 1 in the partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) model, are primarily alkenes. Our transcriptome analysis uncovers key metabolic pathways in both molds, including energy metabolism and pathways related to volatile substance formation, and identifies differentially expressed genes associated with alkane and alcohol formation.
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