Question: aflatoxins are produced by which fungal genus?
Answer: Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites produced by members of the fungal genus Aspergillus, which contains approximately 250 known species (Klich, 2007). However, less than a dozen are known to produce aflatoxins (International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2002; Klich, 2007; Bennett et al., 2003) and only A.