title: Comments on "Screening and Identification of Novel Ochratoxin A-Producing Fungi from Grapes. Toxins 2016, 8, 333"-In Reporting Ochratoxin A Production from Strains of Aspergillus, Penicillium and Talaromyces.
abstract: Recently a species in the genusTalaromyces, a uniseriate species ofAspergillussectionNigriand an isolate each of two widespread species,Penicillium rubensandP. commune, were reported to produce ochratoxin A. This claim was based on insufficient biological and chemical data. We propose a list of criteria that need to be met before an unexpected mycotoxin producer is reported. There have only been convincing data on ochratoxin A production forPenicillium verrucosum,P. nordicum,P. thymicola, all fromPenicilliumseriesVerrucosa, and from species in three sections ofAspergillus: sectionCircumdati, sectionNigriand sectionFlavi.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Science and Production, National Reseach Council (CNR), I-70126 Bari, Italy. giancarlo.perrone@ispa.cnr.it.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perrone
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Science and Production, National Reseach Council (CNR), I-70126 Bari, Italy. antonio.logrieco@ispa.cnr.it.
authors.forename: Antonio F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Logrieco
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. jcf@bio.dtu.dk.
authors.forename: Jens C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Frisvad
mesh_terms: D001230:Aspergillus; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D009793:Ochratoxins / Q000032:analysis; D010407:Penicillium; D032901:Talaromyces; D027843:Vitis
chemical_list: D009793:Ochratoxins; C025589:ochratoxin A
keywords: Penicillium commune; Penicillium rubens; Talaromyces species; correct identification; ochratoxin A; pure culture