Risk to consumers from fungal toxins in shellfish should be monitored
To protect consumers, screening shellfish for fungal toxins is important, say scientists.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 5, 2013
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News tagged with mycotoxin
The impact of human activities on a selection of lakes in Tanzania
An increase in human activity is posing a threat to natural aquatic ecosystems in Tanzania and contributing to environmental damage and ecological changes. Doctoral research carried out by Hezron Emmanuel Nonga shows that ...
Environment
Dec 28, 2011
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Fungal toxins easily become airborne, creating potential indoor health risk
Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized, and easily inhaled. The findings, which likely have implications for "sick building syndrome," were published in Applied ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 23, 2017
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Mycotoxin detection by graphene field-effect transistor
The struggle for living space concerns not only people and animals but can refer also to molds. When mold (fungi) contaminated the food in case of bad environment for its development it states to produce second metabolites—mycotoxins—to ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 7, 2019
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Study: Cows done in by bad spuds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone taking the recent, mysterious deaths of 200 steers in a Portage County, Wis., feedlot as a sign of the apocalypse can rest easy. The cows, according to the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2011
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Harmful fungal toxins in wheat are a growing threat, says study
Wheat—the most widely cultivated crop in the world—is under growing attack from harmful toxins. Across Europe, almost half of wheat crops are impacted by the fungal infection that gives rise to these toxins, according ...
Agriculture
Dec 15, 2022
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Research offers means to detoxify mycotoxin-contaminated grain intended for ethanol, animal feed
Using barley as the raw material for ethanol production results in an additional product – dried grains for animal feed. But the presence of a fungal pathogen sometimes found in barley can result in a lethal toxin, called ...
Biotechnology
Sep 12, 2011
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Cereal losses? A smart toolbox to safeguard the food chain
An EU initiative has made significant progress in tackling poisonous substances that contaminate crops.
Environment
Jan 10, 2019
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New Mycotoxin detection device goes from prototype to production
Mycotoxins are naturally occurring fungi which typically grow on wheat-based foodstuffs, including cereals and bread, under humid conditions. They can cause a variety of adverse health effects in humans such as damaging kidneys ...
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Aug 21, 2013
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Decades-old puzzle of the ecology of soil animals solved
An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has deciphered the defence mechanism of filamentous fungi. Moulds are a preferred food source for small animals. As fungi cannot escape predation by running ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2019
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Mycotoxin
A mycotoxin (from Greek μύκης (mykes, mukos) “fungus” and Latin (toxicum) “poison”) is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by organisms of the fungus kingdom, commonly known as molds. The term ‘mycotoxin’ is usually reserved for the toxic chemical products produced by fungi that readily colonize crops. One mold species may produce many different mycotoxins and/or the same mycotoxin as another species.
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