PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS OF MYCO-CONTAMINATION OF SOME CEREALS TO HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH

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 Out of 100 different cereal samp < /span>les examined mycologial, 92 were detected to contain myco-flora.
Asp < /span>ergillus species were the majority (72.81%) : followed by Penicillium (31.50%)> Fusarium, Mucor,
Rhizupus, Absidia, and Alternaria were isolated to a lesser extent. Aspergillus flavus was
characterized in a high percentage (62.67%)> The probability of the isolated fungi to produce primary metabolites as proteolytic enzymes was revealed which is of importance to rely on its
production of mycotoxins
Public health, mycobacterium, human, animal.
 

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