Logrieco A, Moretti A, Perrone G, Mulè G
Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council, ISPA, Via G. Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.
Int J Food Microbiol. 2007 Oct 20;119(1-2):11-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.07.020. Epub 2007 Jul 31.
Fusarium ear rot of maize and Aspergillus rot of grape are two examples of important plant diseases caused by complexes of species of mycotoxigenic fungi. These complexes of species tend to be closely related, produce different classes of mycotoxins, and can induce disease under different environmental conditions. The infection of maize and grape with multiple fungal species and the resulting production of large classes of mycotoxins is an example of mutual aggressiveness of microorganisms toward host species as well as to humans and animals that eat feed or food derived from the infected and contaminated plants. Infection of crop plant with a complex of microbial species certainly represents a greater threat to a crop plant and to human and animal health than infection of the plant with a single fungal species.
玉米镰刀菌穗腐病和葡萄曲霉腐烂病是由产毒真菌物种复合体引起的两种重要植物病害。这些物种复合体往往密切相关，产生不同种类的霉菌毒素，并能在不同环境条件下引发病害。玉米和葡萄被多种真菌物种感染以及由此产生大量霉菌毒素，这是微生物对宿主物种以及对食用受感染和污染植物来源的饲料或食物的人类和动物相互侵袭的一个例子。作物被微生物物种复合体感染对作物以及人类和动物健康造成的威胁肯定比被单一真菌物种感染更大。
