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- Title
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ABILITY OF CANDIDA ALBICANS IN REDUCING THE GROWTH OF ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS IN CULTURE MEDIUM AND WHEAT.
- Authors
Aghamohseni, Zeinab; Rezaie, Sasan; Khaniki, Gholamreza Jahed; Alimohammadi, Mahmood; Noorbakhsh, Fatemeh; Kuchesfahani, Matin Mohammadi
- Abstract
Introduction and Objectives: Great economic losses occurred around the world because of Food spoilage moulds. It is estimated that between 5 to 10% of the world's food production is wasted due to fungal deterioration. These fungi cause losses in dry matter or quality and some species like Aspergillus parasiticus can produce health-damaging mycotoxins. In this study, the ability of Candida albicans in reducing the growth of A. parasiticus in culture medium and wheat is investigated. Materials and Methods: A. parasiticus and A. parasiticus were cultured into Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) and were incubated at 28°C for 3 days for C. albicans while A. parasiticus were incubated at 28°C for 5 days. The inoculum was adjusted to 104 spores/ gr for A. parasiticus and 105, 103, 107, spores/g for A. parasiticus by using neubauer lam and added to culture medium SDA and wheat that autoclaved at 121°C for 20 min then incubated for 5 days in 28- 30°C. Fungal growth was determined at the end of the incubation period by measuring weight of Aspergillus mycelium. Results: The results from both culture media and wheat indicated that all three concentrations of Candida used can have growth inhibition of the mycotoxin-producing Aspergillus strain (p<0.05) and the reduction of growth is related to the concentration of Candida respectively. Conclusion: It is shown that C. albicans might be employed as biological tool to lower Aspergillus growth.
- Subjects
CANDIDA albicans; ASPERGILLUS parasiticus; FUNGAL growth; FOOD spoilage; MOLDS (Fungi); CULTURE media (Biology); FOOD production; WHEAT; MICROBIOLOGY
- Publication
Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, 2013, p32
- ISSN
2008-3645
- Publication type
Article