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Modelling the effect of water activity and temperature on growth rate and aflatoxin production by two isolates of Aspergillus flavus on paddy

Mousa W 1 , Ghazali FM , Jinap S , Ghazali HM , Radu S

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  • 1 Centre of Excellence for Food Safety Research (CEFSR), Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
J Appl Microbiol, 2011 Nov;111(5):1262-74.
PMID: 21883729 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05134.x

Abstract

This study was conducted to characterize the growth of and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus on paddy and to develop kinetic models describing the growth rate as a function of water activity (a(w)) and temperature.

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