FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (9): 106-112.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201709017

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Degradation of Aflatoxin B1 by a Microbial Consortium and Its Composition and Diversity

ZHAO Chunxia, WANG Yi, CHENG Wei, Lü Yucai, GONG Dachun, GUO Peng   

  1. 1. College of Biology and Pharmacy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China; 2. Institute of Processing ofAgricultural Produce and Nuclear Agricultural Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
  • Online:2017-05-15 Published:2017-05-22

Abstract: External elimination method was applied to obtain an efficient aflatoxin B1-degrading microbial consortium, designated FBAD-2. The degradation rates of 2 000 and 5 000 μg/L AFB1 by the microbial consortium could reach 100% and 90% within 120 h, respectively. The toxin degradation ability of FBAD-2 was kept at a high level in the range of 30–70 ℃, with an optimal temperature of 60 ℃. The results of AFB1 detoxification experiment showed that the extracellular enzymes in the supernatant played a major role in the degradation of AFB1. Furthermore, the optimal culture time for enzyme production was 24 h, and the supernatant could completely degrade 5 000 μg/L AFB1 within 48 h. 16S rRNA gene clone library analysis showed that FBAD-2 was mainly composed of bacteria from the genera Geobacillus, Symbiobacterium thermopilum, Clostridium and Tepidanaerobacter.

Key words: aflatoxins B1, degradation, bacterial community, microbial composition and diversity

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