Cytotoxicity and Mycotoxin Production of Fusarium Strains Isolated from Norwegian Grain

The cytotoxicty and ability to produce mycotoxins of 35 strains of the eight most common Fusarium species isolated from Norwegian cereals were determined. The examined species were F. avenacetum, F. culmorum, F. equiseti, F. graminearum, F. poae, F. sporotrichioides, F. torulosum and F. tricinctum. The strains were cultivated on rice and their cytotoxic properties examined with an in vitro MTT-cell culture assay, and analysed for the most common trichothecenes, fusarochromanone, wortmannin, moniliformin and enniatins.