Natural mycobiota and aflatoxin B1 presence in bee pollen collected in Serbia

  • Petrovic T
  • Nedic N
  • Paunovic D
  • et al.
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Abstract

Total fungal count, incidence of fungi and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) concentration were studied in 33 samples of bee pollen randomly collected from beekeepers in Serbia. The total number of fungi was determined by dilution method whereas AFB1 was detected using the Enzyme-Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay (ELISA). The mycological estimation showed the presence of nine genera of fungi as followed: Acremonium, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Epiccocum, Fusarium, Mucor, Penicillium and Rhizopus, with total number ranging from 1 x 103 to 1 x 105 CFU g-1. The results have shown the predominance of the fungi from the genera Aspergillus and Alternaria. Among Aspergillus species it was observed that the most frequent species was A. flavus with incidence of 27.27 %. Mycotoxin AFB1 was detected as 100% positive in all samples (100%) with an average concentration of 8.61 ?g kg-1. The obtained results indicated that honey bee pollen must be strictly controlled during its manipulation in the harvesting and manufacturing. Therefore, the implementation of good manufacturing (beekeeping) practice to define procedures for honeybee products could be crucial to reduce the risk of possible contamination and provide natural and safety product without risk on the human health.

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Petrovic, T., Nedic, N., Paunovic, D., Rajic, J., Matovic, K., Radulovic, Z., & Krnjaja, V. (2014). Natural mycobiota and aflatoxin B1 presence in bee pollen collected in Serbia. Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 30(4), 731–741. https://doi.org/10.2298/bah1404731p

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