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From: Tom Jaszewski
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:57 AM
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: a good fungi takes out a bad one.....
Aspergillus flavus seen under an electron microscope
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/aflatoxin/image1.html
I read these articles with interest. What I don't get is what is the facto=
r that supports the outcompetition? Both are the same fungi but different =
strains. The only logged difference seems to be the production of aflatoxi=
ns. So why would a fungus that doesn't produce aflatoxins be dominant in a=
n environment where both should grow? Why does the nontoxin producing fung=
us outcompete the toxin producing parent?
It would seem to me that whatever that factor is, that a counteragent could=
be made that suppressed the fungus in toto. No need to innoculate with a =
nontoxin producing fungus.
Ted Peterson
SOE
Received on Tue Feb 22 2005 - 16:29:01 EST