Table 2.
Mycotoxin-producing mould species and their abiotical optimal growth conditions [61].
| Mycotoxin | Mould | Temperature Range (°C) | Optimal Temperature (°C) |
Water Activity (aw) | pH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFs |
A. flavus
A. parasiticus |
10–48 12–42 |
33 32 |
0.80–0.99 0.80–0.99 |
2–10 3–8 |
| OTA |
A. ochraceus
P. verrucosum A. niger |
10–40 0–31 6–47 |
37 20 36 |
0.80 0.86 0.77–0.92 |
3–10 6–7 2–6.5 |
| FUM |
F. verticilloides
F. proliferatum |
2.5–37 5–37 |
25 | 0.90–0.99 | 2.4–3 |
| ZEN | F. culmorum | 0–31 | 21 | 0.96 | 3–9 |
| DON | F. graminearum | 5–37 | 25 | 0.99 | 2.4–3 |