Table 5.
Effect of interacting climate-related factors of water activity (aw), temperature (30 vs. 35 °C) and CO2 (400 vs. 1000 ppm) on the mean ochratoxin A contamination (ng g−1 ± SE) of green coffee beans stored for 10 days after inoculation with each of the strains.
| Temperature (°C) | 30 | 35 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 Concentration (ppm) | 400 | 1000 | 400 | 1000 | |
| Strains | aw | ||||
| A. westerdijkiae (B 2) | 0.97 | 3976.9 ± 603.7 | 2760.4 ± 52.7 | 175.6 ± 0.2 | 14.4 ± 3.7 |
| 0.95 | 4243.3 ± 571.4 | 4767.1 ± 372.1 | 128.8 ± 31.6 | 63.1 ± 21.3 | |
| 0.90 | 1644.3 ± 545.3 | 4598.9 ± 426.4 | 8.2 ± 0.2 | 680.2 ± 187.2 | |
| A. westerdijkiae (CBS 121986) | 0.97 | 2681.3 ± 346.7 | 3395.5 ± 198.7 | 8.1 ± 0.4 | 12.7 ± 0.9 |
| 0.95 | 2842.3 ± 325.1 | 3087.9 ± 225.4 | 8.2 ± 0.6 | 51.3 ± 28.6 | |
| 0.90 | 2679.3 ± 391.3 | 3974.2 ± 101.6 | 7.1 ± 0.7 | 69.5 ± 21.2 | |