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DO MYCOTOXINS FUNCTION IN ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES?
Author(s) -
CIEGLER A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1983.tb00452.x
Subject(s) - ecological niche , mycotoxin , biology , ecology , niche , competition (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , habitat
A principle role of mycotoxins may be in the establishment of fungi in various ecological niches. Mycotoxins may have a multiplicity of functions. They may function as antibiotics, as chemical signalling agents, as mutagenic agents and in other ways. The outcome of ecological competition may have evolutionary and biochemical taxonomic significance.