Sim T S, Teo T, Sim T F
J Appl Bacteriol. 1985 Jul;59(1):29-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1985.tb01771.x.
All of 33 samples of dried shrimps, shrimp paste, peanut butter and raw groundnut kernels were contaminated with fungi. Aspergillus and Penicillium spp. were the predominant types in dried shrimps and raw groundnut kernels but no Aspergillus spp. were present in peanut butter or shrimp paste samples. Among 81 Aspergillus isolates obtained from dried shrimps and raw groundnut kernels, 10 were A. flavus/A. parasiticus, of which five were potential aflatoxin-producing A. flavus strains. No aflatoxins were detected in the food samples although some were visibly mouldy and some had high mould counts. The occurrence of aflatoxin-producing strains of A. flavus in dried shrimps and raw groundnut kernels warrants further investigation of these foods and their products as potentially significant sources of aflatoxins.
33份虾米、虾酱、花生酱和生花生仁样本均被真菌污染。曲霉菌和青霉菌是虾米和生花生仁中的主要真菌类型，但花生酱或虾酱样本中未发现曲霉菌。从虾米和生花生仁中分离出的81株曲霉菌中，有10株是黄曲霉/寄生曲霉，其中5株是潜在产黄曲霉毒素的黄曲霉菌株。尽管一些食品样本有明显霉变且霉菌数量很高，但未检测到黄曲霉毒素。虾米和生花生仁中出现产黄曲霉毒素的黄曲霉菌株，有必要进一步调查这些食品及其制品作为黄曲霉毒素潜在重要来源的情况。
