Table 2. Population soil densities for species in Aspergillus section Flavi a.
Location | A. flavus L | A. flavus Sb | A. parasiticus | A. caelatus | A. tamarii | A. alliaceus |
Argentina | 31 (26.9) | 2 (6.0) | 37 (48.8) | 8 (12.2) | - | - |
India | 880 (590.9) | -c | - | - | 36 (47.0) | - |
Benin | 884 (1133.0) | 7 (13.9) | - | - | 61 (72.7) | - |
United States | 1362 (2345.0) | - | 1429 (2438.0) | 291 (249.0) | 212 (202.0) | - |
Australia | 5426 (20495.6) | 365 (554.2) | 411 (472.4) | - | 8 (25.6) | 13 (33.0) |
Mean colony-forming units (CFU) and SD in parentheses per gram of dry soil weight (n = 20).
A. flavus S and A. minisclerotigenes isolates not separated for CFU analysis.
Species or morphotype not found in field soil.