Table 1.

Optima and minima conditions (temperature and water activity) for Aspergillus section Nigri species growth on different culture media.

Fungal species	Medium	Tested temperature range (°C)	Optimum temperature (°C)	Optimum aW	Minimum aW	References
A. section Nigri	Grains and fruits based	15–30	30	0.97	0.85	Astoreca et al. [64]
	Synthetic nutrient	10–37	30–37	0.98	-	Bellí et al. [72]
	CYA-YES	5–45	30–35	-	-	Esteban et al. [82]
A. niger aggregate	Corn grains	15–30	30	0.95	0.91	Astoreca et al. [66]
	Peanut seeds	15–30	30	0.99	0.91	Astoreca et al. [67]
	Coffee beans	15–30	25	0.99	0.93	Astoreca et al. [68]
	Synthetic nutrient	10–37	25	0.95	-	Selouane et al. [76]
	Simulated grape juice	15–35	35	0.98	0.92 (15 °C)	Leong et al. [77]
A. carbonarius	Synthetic grape juice	10–40	35	0.98	0.88	Mitchell et al. [60]
	Dried grapes	15–30	25–30	0.99	0.91	Astoreca et al. [64]
	Synthetic grape	15–37	30	0.95–0.99	0.90 (15 °C)	Bellí et al. [70]
	Synthetic nutrient	20–28	28	-	-	Bellí et al. [71]
	Synthetic nutrient	10–37	25	0.95	-	Selouane et al. [76]
	Simulated grape juice	15–35	30	0.965	0.92 (15 °C)	Leong et al. [77]
	CYA	15–35	30	0.95	0.85	Romero et al. [79]
	Synthetic nutrient	20/30	20/30	-	-	Oueslati et al. [80]
		20/37
		25/42

CYA: Czapek Yeast Autolysate agar;

YES: Yeast Extract Sucrose agar;

-: Data not reported.