Natural incidence of fungi and mycotoxins on corn grains in ibb (yemen)

Present study aimed to determine the moisture content,mycobiota and mycotoxins contents in the corn grains (zea mays l.) at ibb governorate in yemen. for this purpose,a total of 30 corn samples were collected from the local shop and were processed using recommended protocols. the moisture content was 10.6 to 12.4 %,while total bacterial count was 1.2×106 to 9.2 × 106 cfu. total fungi count was 5.2× 104 to 3 × 105 cfu,the most genera where aspergillus,penicillium,fusarium and rhizopus. on the other hand,mycotoxin contents were,7-22 μg aflatoxins/kg corn grains,5-18 ochratoxin μg/kg corn grains and 4-11 μg zearalenone/kg corn grains.