Toxicogenic Fungi, Aflatoxins, and Antimicrobial Activities Associated with Some Spices and Herbs from Three Selected Markets in Ho Municipality, Ghana

Table 2

Percentage occurrence (%) per sample of different fungal species identified. TPO_fs = total percentage occurrence of each fungal species among all samples.

Fungal species	Percentage occurrence (%)															TPOfs; 100%
	GP1	GP2	GP3	GF1	GF2	GF3	BL1	BL2	BL3	GB1	GB2	GB3	DAW1	DAW2	DAW3
Aspergillus niger	—	55.0	—	15.0	—	7.0	25.0	—	42.0	56.0	33.0	—	5.3	—	5.3	16.24
Aspergillus flavus	—	—	—	24.0	3.3	—	—	—	20.0	—	13.8	—	—	—	—	4.07
Aspergillus fumigatus	—	—	70.0	17.0	—	—	15.0	—	—	29.0	—	—	5.4	—	5.5	9.46
Aspergillus ochraceus	—	15.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.0	—	13.9	—	8.9	—	—	3.09
Fusarium oxysporum	100.0	29.5	30.0	—	25.3	—	45.0	—	16.0	15.0	35.0	—	25.0	16.7	16.1	23.54
Fusarium verticillioides	—	—	—	12.0	—	71.0	—	—	—	—	—	27.0	—	—	—	7.33
Mucor racemosus	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0	11.0	—	—	—	—	—	3.4	3.63
Penicillium digitatum	—	—	—	—	6.0	22.0	15.0	—	—	—	—	—	55.3	—	—	6.55
Penicillium expansum	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	73.0	—	—	—	4.90
Rhizopus stolonifer	—	—	—	—	65.4	—	—	60.0	—	—	—	—	—	56.7	46.5	15.18
Rhodotorula sp.	—	—	—	21.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.3	—	—	—	3.8	1.94
Trichoderma harzianum	—	—	—	11.0	—	—	—	—	3.0	—	—	—	—	26.6	19.4	4.00
Total no. of species	1	3	2	6	4	3	4	2	6	3	5	2	5	3	7