Effect of temperature and water activity on growth and ochratoxin A production boundaries of two Aspergillus carbonarius isolates on a simulated grape juice medium

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Tassou, C C ^a   Natskoulis, P I ^a,b   Magan, N ^b   Panagou, E Z ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspergillus carbonarius; Fungal growth; Ochratoxin A; Predictive mycology; Probabilistic models; Wine grapes

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; FRUIT JUICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WINE;

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; FALSE NEGATIVES; FALSE POSITIVE; FUNGAL GROWTH; GRAPE JUICE; OCHRATOXIN A; PREDICTIVE MYCOLOGY; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; WATER ACTIVITY; WINE GRAPES;

FORECASTING;

OCHRATOXIN; WATER;

FUNGUS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INCUBATION; MODEL VALIDATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRAPE JUICE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 66849124584     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04203.x     Document Type: Article

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