Abstract
In a previous experiment on the preservation of hay of high moisture content with formic acid, among other agents, aflatoxin was formed in the hay, and aflatoxin-forming strains of Aspergillus flavus were isolated from this hay after incubation in air as well as in an anaerobic jar. One isolate from the anaerobic jar was cultivated in a chemostat (Bioflo model C 30; New Brunswick Scientific Co.) in a defined medium with added B vitamins, yeast extract, or formic acid, with or without gas flow (air or nitrogen). In all cases where spore germination occurred, aflatoxin was formed in the cultures with gas flow, and small quantities of aflatoxins B1 and B2 occurred even in an atmosphere of nitrogen. Addition of B vitamins and supply of traces of air gave an approximately 15-fold increase in the amount of aflatoxin in 2 days. Carbon dioxide enrichment hindered aflatoxin formation on the defined medium even in the presence of B vitamins, but when formic acid was added, small quantities (5 to 15 micrograms/liter) were formed, and this low level remained constant until the gas flow was started.
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