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ABILITY OF VARIOUS CARBON SOURCES TO INDUCE AND SUPPORT AFLATOXIN SYNTHESIS BY ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS
Author(s) -
BUCHANAN ROBERT L.,
STAHL HEIDI G.
Publication year - 1984
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.1745-4565.1984.tb00488.x
Subject(s) - aflatoxin , aspergillus parasiticus , mycelium , chemistry , aspergillus , biochemistry , amino acid , citric acid cycle , aspergillus flavus , biosynthesis , mycotoxin , organic chemistry , biology , food science , metabolism , botany , gene
The ability of a wide variety of carbon sources to induce and support aflatoxin synthesis by Aspergillus parasiticus was examined using mycelia pregrown in a peptone‐mineral salts medium that does not support aflatoxin synthesis. Sugars and derivatives of sugars supported widely varying amounts of aflatoxin production. Amino acids and tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates except aspartate and malate, respectively, did not appear to support de novo aflatoxin synthesis. Embden‐Meyerhoff pathway intermediates prior to, but not after, 3‐phosphoglycerate supported aflatoxin synthesis.