Data on the presence or absence of genes encoding essential proteins for ochratoxin and fumonisin biosynthesis in Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus welwitschiae

Fernanda Pelisson Massi; Daniele Sartori; Larissa de Souza Ferranti; Beatriz Thie Iamanaka; Marta Hiromi Taniwaki; Maria Lucia Carneiro Vieira; Maria Helena Pelegrinelli Fungaro

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.016

Data on the presence or absence of genes encoding essential proteins for ochratoxin and fumonisin biosynthesis in Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus welwitschiae

Data Brief. 2016 Mar 10:7:704-8. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.016. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Authors

Fernanda Pelisson Massi¹, Daniele Sartori¹, Larissa de Souza Ferranti¹, Beatriz Thie Iamanaka², Marta Hiromi Taniwaki², Maria Lucia Carneiro Vieira³, Maria Helena Pelegrinelli Fungaro¹

Affiliations

¹ Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, P.O. Box 6001, Londrina 86051-990, Brazil.
² Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos, P.O. Box 139, Campinas 13070-178, Brazil.
³ Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" USP, P.O. Box 83, Piracicaba 13418-900, Brazil.

Abstract

We present the multiplex PCR data for the presence/absence of genes involved in OTA and FB2 biosynthesis in Aspergillus niger/Aspergillus welwitschiae strains isolated from different food substrates in Brazil. Among the 175 strains analyzed, four mPCR profiles were found: Profile 1 (17%) highlights strains harboring in their genome the pks, radH and the fum8 genes. Profile 2 (3.5%) highlights strains harboring genes involved in OTA biosynthesis i.e. radH and pks. Profile 3 (51.5%) highlights strains harboring the fum8 gene. Profile 4 (28%) highlights strains not carrying the genes studied herein. This research content is supplemental to our original research article, "Prospecting for the incidence of genes involved in ochratoxin and fumonisin biosynthesis in Brazilian strains of A. niger and A. welwitschiae" [1].

Keywords: Fumonisin; High-resolution capillary electrophoresis; Ochratoxin.