IDENTIFICATION OF THE MYCOTOXIGENIC FUNGI GROWING ON MARKETED RAW ALMONDS - CASE STUDY
(STEF92 Technology, 2022-12-27, O. Cotuna, M. Paraschivu, V. Sărăţeanu, Marinel Nicolae Horablaga, Klaudia Kincel)
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Almonds can be infected by mycotoxigenic fungi both during the vegetation and during storage after harvesting. Most of the times the almonds are healthy, but during the improper storage they can be contaminated by fungi from the genus Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium. The mentioned fungi are very dangerous for health because they are producing carcinogenic mycotoxins. The purpose of the work was to identify the fungi that are growing on the marketed almonds when they are placed on culture media after a previo...
