Question

Marsha is eating a chocolate bar that contains hazelnuts and other ground nuts. However, as the bar has a bad taste, she stops. On closer inspection of the bar, she sees a fungal growth around the nuts, embedded in the chocolate. What kind of a fungal infection could have infested the nuts?

Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Aspergillus flavus
Candida albicans

Answer 1

The correct answer for the given question above would be the second option. Based on the given scenario above about a fungal growth found on the nuts in a chocolate bar, the kind of a fungal infection could have infested the nuts would be Aspergillus flavus. This is the kind of fungal infection that colonizes legumes and cereal grains. Hope this answer helps.