Use of Probiotics to Control Aflatoxin Production in Peanut Grains

Table 1

Spores production of A. parasiticus IMI 242695 after incubation for seven days at 30°C with S. boulardii, S. cerevisiae UFMG 905, and L. delbrueckii UFV H2b20, in viable or inactivated forms. SR = spore reduction, AP = A. parasiticus.

Assays	Live cells		Inactivated cells
	Average deviation	SR (%)	Average deviation	SR (%)
Positive control (AP)	11.9 Aa ± 0.37	—	11.9 Aa ± 0.37	—
S. boulardii × AP	6.4 Ba ± 0.36	46,3	9.0 Cb ± 0.42	24,9
S. cerevisiae × AP	6.5 Ba ± 0.68	45,8	9.2 Bb ± 0.41	22,7
L. delbrueckii × AP	4.9 Ba ± 0.89	59,3	10.2 Bb ± 0.49	14,0

Different letters (uppercased letters for columns and lowercased letters for rows) indicate significant differences according to Tukey’s test ().