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A spectrofluorometric assay for the estimation of the tremorgenic mycotoxin verruculogen in crude mycelial extract has been devised and used to determine concentrations as low as 0·2 μg ml−1. Verruculogen production by Penicillium estinogenum has been extended from surface culture to submerged culture in 60 1 stirred fermenters, in which the maximum cell-associated mycotoxin yield [5 mg (100 ml culture)−1] was obtained within 7 d. It was found necessary to supplement the medium (Czapek Dox broth plus 0·5 % yeast extract) with calcium chloride (2 %) to induce profuse sporulation (2 × 107 conidia ml−1).
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