@article{ajfst20221044,
author={{Didier, Kedjebo Kra Brou and Abel, Boli Zambl¨¦ Bi Iri¨¦ and Fatoumata, Dosso and Tatiana, Horro Opri and Emmanuelle, Sika Andr¨¦ and Lacinan, Ouattara and Simplice, Guehi Tagro},
title={Identification of Molds Strains Associated with Some Cereals and Oils Seeds and Their By-products in Selected Municipalities of C?te d¡¯Ivoire},
journal={American Journal of Food Science and Technology},
volume={10},
number={4},
pages={170--182},
year={2022},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajfst/10/4/4},
issn={2333-4835},
abstract={The presence of mycotoxins in some foods for human consumption is emerging as an important public health issue and has created a need for more information about the occurrence of molds in tropical crops and by-products. This study aimed to investigate the abundance and diversity of total microfungi in 176 samples of oilseeds/derived pastes, maize grains/flours, and millet collected from Abobo markets and Adjam¨¦ two towns in Abidjan. To isolate contaminating molds, groundnut, and pistachio seeds, maize, and millet grains were cultured directly on Sabouraud chloramph¨¦nicol agar medium while pastes from oil seeds or flours from cereals were analyzed using the decimal dilution method. The isolates of microfungi were purified by cloning subculture technic. The macroscopic and microscopic morphological characteristics of each mold isolate were carried out for the identification of its genus. A total of 17 isolates of molds were found in oilseeds and their pastes and 36 from cereals and their derived flours. Based on their characteristics, these fungi isolates were grouped into 9 genera: <i>Mucor</i>, <i>Aspergillus, Penicillium</i>, <i>Fusarium</i>, <i>Rhizomucor</i>, <i>Rhizopus</i>, and <i>Chrysosporium</i>. Among them, the mold strains belonging to the <i>Aspergillus</i> genus predominated the mycoflora with isolation frequency ranging from 75 to 100 %. The predominance of the <i>Aspergillus</i> fungi highlighted a serious risk of mycotoxins production in the crops and their by-products for Ivorian consumption. Proper storage is recommended owing to the public health concern due to oilseeds, cereals, and their by-product shelf life, biostability, and safety.},
doi={10.12691/ajfst-10-4-4}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}