Figure 1

Growth kinetics of A. carbonarius strains (10628, 10632, 10614, 10625, 10629) (a) and A. niger strains (10409, 10410, 10443, 10412, 10411) (b) after Baranyi model fitting; and Kinetics of OTA production by A. carbonarius (c) and A. niger (d) strains in grape-based culture medium on days 3, 6, 15 and 21.