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. 1973 Jun;25(6):1018–1019. doi: 10.1128/am.25.6.1018-1019.1973

Improved Yield of Aflatoxin by Incremental Increases of Temperature

Sharon West 1,2, R D Wyatt 1,2, P B Hamilton 1,2
PMCID: PMC380959  PMID: 4716722

Abstract

Increasing the initial temperature of the rice fermentation of Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999 from 15 to 21 C after 24 h of incubation and then to 28 C after 48 h resulted in about a fourfold increase in total aflatoxin over the usual fermentation which is held constant at 28 C for 6 days. The percentage of aflatoxin B1, the most toxic component, in the total aflatoxin was also increased.

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