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Fusarial Toxins: Secondary Metabolites of Fusarium Fungi

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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 228

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Abstract

Different types of fungi, belonging primarily to five genera (viz., Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Penicillium, and Fusarium), produce secondary metabolites that are called mycotoxins. There are also other genera, (viz., Chaetomium, Claviceps, Diplodia, Myrothecium, Phoma, Phomopsis, Pithomyces, and Stachybotrys) that contain mycotoxin-producing fungi. Under favorable environmental conditions, when temperature and moisture are suitable, fungi proliferate and may produce secondary metabolites. These products have no biochemical significance for their own growth and development. The functions of mycotoxins have not been clearly established, but they are believed to play a role in eliminating other competing microorganisms in the same environment. They are also believed to help parasitic fungi invade host tissues. Toxigenic molds are known to produce one or more secondary metabolites, but not all molds are toxigenic and not all secondary metabolites from molds are toxic (Brase et al. 2009).

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Nesic, K., Ivanovic, S., Nesic, V. (2014). Fusarial Toxins: Secondary Metabolites of Fusarium Fungi. In: Whitacre, D. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 228. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 228. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01619-1_5

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