Determination of mold fungi and yeast in bee honey

UDC 636.5.087.69
DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202205008

Authors

Irina V. Kushch,
Moscow State University of Food Production, Moscow, Russia; All-Russian Research Institute of Veterinary Sanitation, Hygiene and Ecology – Branch of the K. I. Scriabin and Y. R. Kovalenko Research Center of RES of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The article presents the results of studies of bee products from different climatic zones and their comparative analysis. In addition, a literature review of materials on the infection of honey and other bee products with molds and yeasts is presented. For the study, samples were taken from the Irkutsk and Moscow regions, as well as the Republic of Buryatia. Aspergillus niger, Mucor spp and Penicillium mold fungi, which belong to toxin-forming mold fungi, were found in the studied samples.

Keywords

honey, mold fungi, yeast, pathogenic microorganisms, opportunistic microorganisms.