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In 1973, PR toxin was first partially characterized by isolating moldy corn on which the fungi had grown. [1] Although its lethal dose was determined shortly after the isolation of the chemical, details of its toxic effects were not fully clarified until 1982 in a study with mice, rats, anesthetized cats and preparations of isolated rat auricles .
Corn smut is a plant disease caused by the pathogenic fungus Mycosarcoma maydis, synonym Ustilago maydis. One of several cereal crop pathogens called smut, ...
Fumonisin B 1 is the most prevalent member of a family of toxins, known as fumonisins, produced by multiple species of Fusarium molds, such as Fusarium verticillioides, which occur mainly in maize (corn), wheat and other cereals. Fumonisin B1 contamination of maize has been reported worldwide at mg/kg levels.
Here's why mold grows on food, what happens when you eat it, and tips to keep food mold-free. What is mold? Molds are microscopic fungi, Josephine Wee, Ph.D., an assistant professor of food ...
Moldy bread. When you notice green fuzzy stuff growing on a few slices of bread, you know that you definitely shouldn’t eat it and that it should go straight into the trash. But what if you’re ...
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Silage mold Monascus purpureus. Monascus ruber. Smut, common: Ustilago zeae = Ustilago maydis: Smut, false Ustilaginoidea virens: Smut, head Sphacelotheca reiliana = Sporisorium holci-sorghi: Southern corn leaf blight and stalk rot Cochliobolus heterostrophus. Bipolaris maydis [anamorph] = Helminthosporium maydis. Southern leaf spot
The fibromas are most often caused by host-specific papillomaviruses.They may also be due to host-specific poxviruses. [1] [4]The transmission of cutaneous fibromas in the white-tailed deer is caused by a virus that is thought to be transmitted through a variety of insect bites or by a deer coming in contact with any contaminated object that scratches or penetrates the skin of the deer or ...