Mycotoxins

Molds pose a lot of health issues to us. Most of these issues are arising from toxins produced by molds. These toxins produce many health related side effects on the people coming in contact. Though not all molds are toxic and at times our body may be immune to these toxins.

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Mycotoxin

Molds produce a toxic secondary metabolite also called mycotoxin.  It is still un known why molds produce mycotoxin. These toxins as such are not used for any biological process among molds. Hence existence of mycotoxin is in a way mystery to the biologist. But it does have some positives for molds.  A single species of mold can produce many different varieties of mycotoxin. Also asame specific type of mycotoxin can be produced by many different varieties of mold species.  As said earlier, molds do get some advantages because of mycotoxin.  Mycotoxin helps molds to further expand mold colonies.

Mycotoxin weakens the system of organisms who receives it.  The strength ofmycotoxin produced by molds depends upon intrinsic and extrinsic surrounding environment. Exposure to mycotoxin can introduce various problems in residents of the place.  Exposure to very high concentration of molds or in other words mycotoxin can lead to serious neurological disorders. In some case these effects can often lead to death of the patient. Mycotoxin concentration can reach a very high level when mold colonies are formed.
Mycotoxin can be part of mold spore or mold fragments. And hence, they can be found on the surface where they exist. A person cans acquire mycotoxin by inhaling the air with high mold concentration or by dermal exposure.