التواجد الطبيعي للفطريات في الحليب المجفف و خاصة المنتجة للافلاتوكسينات

Abstract EN

Mycological investigation of (100) samples of powdered milk collected from different food stores in Mosul city.

During the period from June 2002 to October 2002, reviled that Aspergillus spp., and Penicillium spp were occurred at the concentration of 41.42 %, 47.14 % for the Infant milk and 31.75 %, 55.55 % for the Adult milk respectively.

To a lower order were Cladosporium herbarum, Geotrichium spp, Rhizopus stolonifer , Scopulariopsis spp.

Aspergillus flavus was occurred at a rate of 22.86 % and 14.29 % in infant and adult milk samples respectively.

Aflatoxin were detected in (6) A.

flavus isolates (37.5 %) infant milk and in (2) A.

flavus isolates (22.2 %) in adult milk samples.

Aflatoxin B1 was estimated to be 18 ppb and 16 ppb in infant and adult milk A.

flavus isolates and aflatoxins produced by them were discussed.