title: [Study on the quantitative and qualitative composition of moulds colonizing sunflower seeds (Helianthus annus L.)].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of study was to estimate the qualitative and quantitative composition of moulds colonizing sunflower seeds on RBCA, YpSs, DG18 media at 25, 37, and 45°C.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty samples of sunflower seeds (not roasted and not salted) were used for the analysis. The highest number of moulds were xerophilic species isolated on DG18 at 25°C (33), followed by mesophilic species (29) on RBCA medium at 25°C, and mesophilic (22) and thermophilic species (10) on YpSs medium at 37, and 45°C, respectively. Eurotium herbariorum was isolated from all samples. A total of 287 strains belonging to 52 mould species were isolated from sunflower seeds.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study revealed new species not previously isolated from sunflower seeds mycobiota.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Janda
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolska
authors.forename: Kamila
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Debia
mesh_terms: D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006368:Helianthus / Q000382:microbiology*; D011044:Poland; D012639:Seeds / Q000382:microbiology*