Effect of water activity and temperature on the growth of Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds

Background: Xerophilic fungi represent a serious problem due to their ability to grow at low water activities causing the spoiling of low and intermediate moisture foods, stored goods and animal feeds, with the consequent economic losses. Aims: The combined effect of water activity and temperature o...

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Autores principales: Greco, M., Pardo, A., Pose, G., Patriarca, A.
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spelling todo:paper_11301406_v35_n1_p39_Greco2023-10-03T16:07:53Z Effect of water activity and temperature on the growth of Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds Greco, M. Pardo, A. Pose, G. Patriarca, A. Animal feeds Eurotium Growth Temperature Water activity glycerol water animal food Article Aspergillus amstelodami Aspergillus chevalieri Aspergillus repens Aspergillus ruber controlled study environmental factor Eurotium food spoilage fungus growth fungus isolation Fusarium germination growth rate mycelial growth nonhuman Penicillium temperature biological model comparative study Eurotium food control growth, development and aging microbiology species difference temperature Animal Feed Eurotium Food Microbiology Models, Biological Species Specificity Temperature Water Background: Xerophilic fungi represent a serious problem due to their ability to grow at low water activities causing the spoiling of low and intermediate moisture foods, stored goods and animal feeds, with the consequent economic losses. Aims: The combined effect of water activity and temperature of four Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds was investigated. Methods: Eurotium amstelodami, Eurotium chevalieri, Eurotium repens and Eurotium rubrum were grown at 5, 15, 25, 37 and 45 °C on malt extract agar adjusted with glycerol in the range 0.710–0.993 of water activities. Results: The cardinal model proposed by Rosso and Robinson (2001) was applied to fit growth data, with the variable water activity at fixed temperatures, obtaining three cardinal water activities (awmin, awmax, awopt) and the specific growth rate at the optimum aw (μopt). A probabilistic model was also applied to define the interface between growth and no-growth. The cardinal model provided an adequate estimation of the optimal aw to grow and the maximum growth rate. The probabilistic model showed a good performance to fit growth/no-growth cases in the predicted range. Conclusions: The results presented here could be applied to predict Eurotium species growth in animal feeds. © 2017 Asociación Española de Micología JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_11301406_v35_n1_p39_Greco
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topic Animal feeds
Eurotium
Growth
Temperature
Water activity
glycerol
water
animal food
Article
Aspergillus amstelodami
Aspergillus chevalieri
Aspergillus repens
Aspergillus ruber
controlled study
environmental factor
Eurotium
food spoilage
fungus growth
fungus isolation
Fusarium
germination
growth rate
mycelial growth
nonhuman
Penicillium
temperature
biological model
comparative study
Eurotium
food control
growth, development and aging
microbiology
species difference
temperature
Animal Feed
Eurotium
Food Microbiology
Models, Biological
Species Specificity
Temperature
Water
spellingShingle Animal feeds
Eurotium
Growth
Temperature
Water activity
glycerol
water
animal food
Article
Aspergillus amstelodami
Aspergillus chevalieri
Aspergillus repens
Aspergillus ruber
controlled study
environmental factor
Eurotium
food spoilage
fungus growth
fungus isolation
Fusarium
germination
growth rate
mycelial growth
nonhuman
Penicillium
temperature
biological model
comparative study
Eurotium
food control
growth, development and aging
microbiology
species difference
temperature
Animal Feed
Eurotium
Food Microbiology
Models, Biological
Species Specificity
Temperature
Water
Greco, M.
Pardo, A.
Pose, G.
Patriarca, A.
Effect of water activity and temperature on the growth of Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds
topic_facet Animal feeds
Eurotium
Growth
Temperature
Water activity
glycerol
water
animal food
Article
Aspergillus amstelodami
Aspergillus chevalieri
Aspergillus repens
Aspergillus ruber
controlled study
environmental factor
Eurotium
food spoilage
fungus growth
fungus isolation
Fusarium
germination
growth rate
mycelial growth
nonhuman
Penicillium
temperature
biological model
comparative study
Eurotium
food control
growth, development and aging
microbiology
species difference
temperature
Animal Feed
Eurotium
Food Microbiology
Models, Biological
Species Specificity
Temperature
Water
description Background: Xerophilic fungi represent a serious problem due to their ability to grow at low water activities causing the spoiling of low and intermediate moisture foods, stored goods and animal feeds, with the consequent economic losses. Aims: The combined effect of water activity and temperature of four Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds was investigated. Methods: Eurotium amstelodami, Eurotium chevalieri, Eurotium repens and Eurotium rubrum were grown at 5, 15, 25, 37 and 45 °C on malt extract agar adjusted with glycerol in the range 0.710–0.993 of water activities. Results: The cardinal model proposed by Rosso and Robinson (2001) was applied to fit growth data, with the variable water activity at fixed temperatures, obtaining three cardinal water activities (awmin, awmax, awopt) and the specific growth rate at the optimum aw (μopt). A probabilistic model was also applied to define the interface between growth and no-growth. The cardinal model provided an adequate estimation of the optimal aw to grow and the maximum growth rate. The probabilistic model showed a good performance to fit growth/no-growth cases in the predicted range. Conclusions: The results presented here could be applied to predict Eurotium species growth in animal feeds. © 2017 Asociación Española de Micología
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author Greco, M.
Pardo, A.
Pose, G.
Patriarca, A.
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Pardo, A.
Pose, G.
Patriarca, A.
author_sort Greco, M.
title Effect of water activity and temperature on the growth of Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds
title_short Effect of water activity and temperature on the growth of Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds
title_full Effect of water activity and temperature on the growth of Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds
title_fullStr Effect of water activity and temperature on the growth of Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds
title_full_unstemmed Effect of water activity and temperature on the growth of Eurotium species isolated from animal feeds
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