In addition, control plates were prepared and aW were
measured at the end of the experiment in order to detect any
significant deviation of aW. Plates were inoculated centrally by
needle single point with A. carbonarius strain, as controls,
from 7-day-old cultures onMEA. Inoculated Petri dishes were
sealed in polyethylene bags. Four replicate plates per
treatment were used and incubated at 25 °C for 14 days; all
the experiments were repeated twice.