Toxicity and moniliformin production by four recently described species of Fusarium and two uncertain taxa |
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Authors: | W. F. O. Marasas P. G. Thiel E. W. Sydenham C. J. Rabie A. Lübben P. E. Nelson |
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Affiliation: | (1) Research Institute for Nutritional Diseases, South African Medical Research Council, P. O. Box 70, 7505 Tygerberg, South Africa;(2) Division of Food Science and Technology, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa;(3) Fusarium Research Center, Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University, 16802 University Park, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Abstract: | Four recently described species, Fusarium nygamai, F. dlamini, F. beomiforme and F. napiforme and two uncertain taxa, F. nygamai from millet in Africa and Fusarium species from rice with Bakanae disease, were tested for toxicity and moniliformin production. Cultures grown on autoclaved corn were fed to groups of four one-day-old ducklings for 14 days. Isolates that caused the death of 3 or 4 out of 4 ducklings were considered to be toxic and analyzed for moniliformin. All 15 isolates of F. dlamini tested were nontoxic. The other taxa contained some isolates that were toxic to ducklings and produced moniliformin in corn cultures. This is the first report of moniliformin production by F. beomiforme (200–890 g/g), and F. napiforme (16–388 g/g), and by F. nygamai not obtained from millet in Africa (15–874 g/g). The highest production of moniliformin was obtained from the 19 isolates of F. nygamai from millet in Africa (4300–18200g/g) and the 15 isolates from rice with Bakanae disease (2300–19300 g/g). The taxonomic position of these two uncertain taxa should be re-evaluated. |
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Keywords: | Fusarium beomiforme F. dlamini F. moniliforme F. napiforme F. nygamai moniliformin |
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