• Title of article

    Study of a room temperature phosphorescence phenomenon to allow the detection of aflatoxigenic strains in culture media

  • Author/Authors

    Rojas-Durلn، نويسنده , , T.R. and Fente، نويسنده , , C.A. and Vلzquez، نويسنده , , B.I. and Franco، نويسنده , , C.M. and Sanz-Medel، نويسنده , , A. and Cepeda، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    149
  • To page
    158
  • Abstract
    A novel screening method based on room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) for the visual detection of aflatoxigenic strains from Aspergillus genus is described. Strains were cultured on media widely used in food mycology to which methyl-β-cyclodextrin plus bile salts (0.6% sodium deoxycholate) were added. Aflatoxin production was readily detectable after 3 days of incubation at 28 °C by RTP emission from the mycelium of aflatoxigenic strains observed after exposure to UV light. The method was tested on thirty-two Aspergillus sp. strains. The phosphorescence phenomenon was reproduced in vitro by immobilizing aflatoxin B1 on ion exchange resin beads.
  • Keywords
    Aflatoxin production , Aspergillus sp. , cyclodextrin , UV light , fluorescence , Room temperature phosphorescence , Bile salts
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Record number

    2112651