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Research Journal of Microbiology

Year: 2011 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 270-280
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Ajay K. Gautam

Sushil Sharma

Shubhi Avasthi

Rekha Bhadauria

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Diversity, Pathogenicity and Toxicology of A. niger: An Important Spoilage Fungi

Ajay K. Gautam, Sushil Sharma, Shubhi Avasthi and Rekha Bhadauria
Aspergillus niger, a worldwide distributed member of ascomycotina, has been isolated from numerous habitats. A. niger is one of the fungi that has been labelled with the GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status from the US Food and Drug Administration. This dull or dark black looking fungus has several important products in fermentation industry. But due to cosmopolitan nature, human beings gets frequently exposed to spores and vegetative forms of A. niger present in air, on foodstuffs and others stored consumables products and suffers with allergic problems. A. niger may also produce certain mycotoxins which are heptocarcinogenic, nephrogenic immunological in nature. In addition, this fungus is also causative agent for many rot diseases in plants. So, the present review article is an important step to understand the diversity, pathogenicity and toxicology of this important spoilage A. niger.
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Ajay K. Gautam, Sushil Sharma, Shubhi Avasthi and Rekha Bhadauria, 2011. Diversity, Pathogenicity and Toxicology of A. niger: An Important Spoilage Fungi. Research Journal of Microbiology, 6: 270-280.

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