Affiliation:
1. Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station, Byron, Georgia 31008
Abstract
Aspergillus
and
Penicillium
were among the most common genera of fungi isolated on malt-salt agar from weevil-damaged Chinese chestnut kernels (16.8 and 40.7% occurrence, respectively). Chloroform extracts of 21 of 50
Aspergillus
isolates and 18 of 50 representative
Penicillium
isolates, grown for 4 weeks at 21.1 C on artificial medium, were toxic to day-old cockerels. Twelve of the toxic
Aspergillus
isolates were identified as
A. wentii
, eight as
A. flavus
, and one as
A. flavus
var.
columnaris
. Nine of the toxic
Penicillium
isolates were identified as
P. terrestre
, three as
P. steckii
, two each as
P. citrinum
and
P. funiculosum
, and one each as
P. herquei
(Series) and
P. roqueforti
(Series). Acute diarrhea was associated with the toxicity of
A. wentii
and muscular tremors with the toxicity of
P. terrestre
, one isolate of
P. steckii
, and one of
P. funiculosum
.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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