عزل و تشخيص الفطريات الملوثة للأغذية في بعض المعامل المحلية لمدينة الموصل

Abstract EN

The study included isolation and identification of the fungi contaminated within 38 samples of food products that are locally made in the city of Mosul.

The samples were obtained from both the left and right sectors of Mosul, between 1st January and 1st May, 2018.

The samples of potato chips with three tastes: salty, kichup and sour; and Rahat-locoum (Turkish-delight), tart and "Baqsam".

Most samples examined were contaminated with fungi.

Eight species were identified thus: Penicillium spp., Aureobasidium spp., Aspergillus spp., Cladosprium spp., Alternaria spp., Cheotomium spp., Stemphyllium spp., and yeasts.

Two yeasts were identified: Candida spp.

and Rhodotorula spp., The most prevalent in all samples was Penicillium spp., mounting to 73.38% followed by Cladosporium spp.

(52.75%).

The third was Aspergillus spp.

(25.36%).

As for the others ,their contamination percentages were less than 20%, in decreasing order thus: Stemphyllium spp.

(17.82%) Alternaria spp.

(15.85%), Aureobasidium spp.

(13.06%) and Cheatomium spp.

(11.08%).