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Table 1 Growth characteristics of P. ostreatus cultivated on AFB1-contaminated maize

From: Degradation of aflatoxin B₁ from naturally contaminated maize using the edible fungus Pleurotus ostreatus

Growth characteristic	AFB₁ ng g⁻¹	Strain
Growth characteristic	AFB₁ ng g⁻¹	Mock	N001	Pearl	Blue
No. days to colonize	0	N/A	10.0 ± 0.32^a	9.4 ± 0.25^a	11.0 ± 0.63^a
	25	N/A	11.2 ± 0.49^a	10.0 ± 0.32^a	9.8 ± 0.2^a
	250	N/A	11.6 ± 0.98^a	11.4 ± 0.98^a	10.0 ± 0.0^a
	2500	N/A	11.2 ± 0.58^a	10.4 ± 0.4^a	10.0 ± 0.0^a
No. days to maturity	0	N/A	18.6 ± 3.2^ab	14.4 ± 0.68^a	27.8 ± 2.54^a
	25	N/A	23.6 ± 4.19^ab	14.2 ± 0.74^a	28.6 ± 1.12^a
	250	N/A	25.8 ± 5.47^a	13.6 ± 0.25^a	24.6 ± 2.29^a
	2500	N/A	10 ± 0.95^b	16.0 ± 0.63^a	27.0 ± 2.53^a
%BE	0	N/A	21.8 ± 2.94^a	26.3 ± 1.46^a	23.5 ± 3.45^a
	25	N/A	19.2 ± 2.1^a	23.7 ± 1.4^a	26.1 ± 3.73^a
	250	N/A	21.4 ± 4.51^a	24.5 ± 3.41^a	19.7 ± 3.44^a
	2500	N/A	26.7 ± 6.19^a	27.5 ± 3.68^a	24.7 ± 2.43^a

Values represent the mean ± standard error. Values not followed by the same letter within columns of the same category are significantly different (p < 0.05) by Tukey’s HSD

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