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Table 3 The concentration of glycerol, NaCl and sucrose and the corresponding measured water activity (a_w)

From: Effect of temperature and water activity on the production of fumonisins by Aspergillus niger and different Fusariumspecies

Glycerol (g/l)	0	51	102	154	204	255	---
a_w	1 ± 0	0.99 ± 0.0015	0.98 ± 0	0.97 ± 0.001	0.96 ± 0.001	0.95 ± 0.001	---
NaCl (g/l)	0	25	50	75	100	125	---
a_w	1 ± 0	0.985 ± 0.0006	0.97 ± 0.001	0.955 ± 0.0006	0.94 ± 0.0006	0.92 ± 0.0015	---
Sucrose (g/l)	0	30	130	230	330	430	530
a_w	1 ± 0	0.999 ± 0.0006	0.995 ± 0.0015	0.987 ± 0.0015	0.98 ± 0	0.973 ± 0.001	0.967 ± 0.001

The values are means of the triplicates plus/minus the standard deviation.

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