Aspergillus carbonarius is known to colonize and produce ochratoxin A (OTA) on grapes and its derived products which is harmful to humans. We screened and tested A. carbonarius strains which isolated from grapes for production of OTA and selected three high OTA producing strains (ACSP1, ACSP2, ACSP3) for this study. These strains were further tested for their ability to produce OTA at different ecological factors [temperature 15, 25, 30, 358C; water activity (aw) 0.98, 0.95, 0.90, 0.88; and pH 4.0, 7.0, 9.0, 10.0]. Out of the three strains tested, A. carbonarius ACSP3 produced high levels of OTA than ACSP2 and ACSP1 in all the ecological factors. At 308C A. carbonarius strains produced the highest OTA compared with other temperature regimes. With reference to water activity, aw 0.98 favoured mycelial growth and accumulation of more OTA with all the three A. carbonarius strains. Further, pH 4.0 was encouraged the greatest production of OTA in all the strains. No growth was observed at aw 0.88 and pH 10.0 in all the three strains except the strain ACSP3 at high pH. Our work demonstrated that temperature 308C, aw 0.98 and pH 4.0 is optimum for growth and production of OTA by A. carbonarius strains. Maximum amounts of OTA were found at earlier growth stages (7–9 days of incubation) in all the strains of A. carbonarius. The present study revealed that different ecological factors had great impact on OTA production by A. carbonarius which is useful for understanding OTA contamination and to develop proper management practices in future research programmes.

Potential of ochratoxin A production by Aspergillus carbonarius strains isolated from grapes at different ecological factors.

SPADARO, Davide Carmelo
2011-01-01

Abstract

Aspergillus carbonarius is known to colonize and produce ochratoxin A (OTA) on grapes and its derived products which is harmful to humans. We screened and tested A. carbonarius strains which isolated from grapes for production of OTA and selected three high OTA producing strains (ACSP1, ACSP2, ACSP3) for this study. These strains were further tested for their ability to produce OTA at different ecological factors [temperature 15, 25, 30, 358C; water activity (aw) 0.98, 0.95, 0.90, 0.88; and pH 4.0, 7.0, 9.0, 10.0]. Out of the three strains tested, A. carbonarius ACSP3 produced high levels of OTA than ACSP2 and ACSP1 in all the ecological factors. At 308C A. carbonarius strains produced the highest OTA compared with other temperature regimes. With reference to water activity, aw 0.98 favoured mycelial growth and accumulation of more OTA with all the three A. carbonarius strains. Further, pH 4.0 was encouraged the greatest production of OTA in all the strains. No growth was observed at aw 0.88 and pH 10.0 in all the three strains except the strain ACSP3 at high pH. Our work demonstrated that temperature 308C, aw 0.98 and pH 4.0 is optimum for growth and production of OTA by A. carbonarius strains. Maximum amounts of OTA were found at earlier growth stages (7–9 days of incubation) in all the strains of A. carbonarius. The present study revealed that different ecological factors had great impact on OTA production by A. carbonarius which is useful for understanding OTA contamination and to develop proper management practices in future research programmes.
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Patharajan S.; Karthikeyan V.; Reddy K.R.N.; Spadaro D.
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