Growth and toxin production by Clostridium botulinum in moldy tomato juice.
Tomato juice inoculated with Cladosporium sp. or Penicillium sp. developed pH gradients with the upper portions near the mold mats having pH values near neutrality and the lower portions remaining more acid. Clostridium botulinum spores in these moldy tomato juices germinated, grew out, and produced toxin.
D001628:Beverages; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000254:growth & development*; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000254:growth & development*; D010407:Penicillium / Q000254:growth & development*; D013011:Sorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000254:growth & development; D014675:Vegetables
D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D013011:Sorbic Acid