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Mycobiota and Incidence of Toxigenic Fungi in Dried Fruits from Duhok Markets, North Iraq

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Thirty
samples from each of four dried fruits (apricot,fig,plum and raisins) collected
from local shops at Duhok governorate were surveyed for their contamination
with fungi. Thirty eight fungal
species belonged to 13 genera in addition to yeasts were isolated and
identified. The highest diversity of fungi were detected from raisins (35
species), followed by 27 species isolated from plum, 26 species from figs and
18 species on apricot. Eleven species were found common on the four types of
dried fruits. These include Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus carbonarius,
A. flavus, A.fumigatus, A.niger,
A.parasiticus, Penicillium citrinum, P.expansum,
Cladosporium cladosporoides, Emericella nidulans and Eurotium amstelodami.Aflatoxigenic potentials of selected isolates of Aspergillus
section Flavi and ochratoxigenic potential of selected isolates from Aspergillus
section Nigri were detected by ELISA technique. Aflatoxin was found at
levels from 79.4 to 356ppb whereas, ochratoxin A at levels from 60-106ppb.

DOI

10.21608/eajbsg.2015.16486

Keywords

Mycobiota, Toxigenic fungi, Dried fruits, Iraq

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Asia

Last Name

Saadullah

MiddleName

A. M.

Affiliation

Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Duhok, Iraq

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First Name

Samir

Last Name

Abdullah

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K.

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Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Duhok, Iraq

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samir.abdullah1947@gmail.com

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7

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1

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3520

Issue Date

2015-12-01

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2018-10-13

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2015-12-01

Page Start

61

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68

Print ISSN

2090-0872

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2090-0880

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EAJBSG_Volume 7_Issue 1_Pages 61-68.pdf

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology

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Mycobiota and Incidence of Toxigenic Fungi in Dried Fruits from Duhok Markets, North Iraq

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22 Jan 2023