Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans

Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans (synonym Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans) is a yeast species purportedly useful in the detoxification of various mycotoxins. It was first isolated from the hindgut of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. It has been shown to detoxify mycotoxins such as ochratoxin A and zearalenone.[1][2] It can occasionally become a human pathogen.[3]

Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Trichosporonales
Family: Trichosporonaceae
Genus: Apiotrichum
Species:
A. mycotoxinivorans
Binomial name
Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans
(O. Molnár, Schatzm. & Prillinger) A.M. Yurkov & Boekhout (2015)
Synonyms

Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans O. Molnár, Schatzm. & Prillinger (2004)

References edit

  1. ^ Molnar, Orsolya; Schatzmayr, Gerd; Fuchs, Elisabeth; Prillinger, Hansjoerg (2004). "Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans sp. nov., A New Yeast Species Useful in Biological Detoxification of Various Mycotoxins". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 27 (6): 661–671. doi:10.1078/0723202042369947. ISSN 0723-2020. PMID 15612623.
  2. ^ Vekiru, E.; Hametner, C.; Mitterbauer, R.; Rechthaler, J.; Adam, G.; Schatzmayr, G.; Krska, R.; Schuhmacher, R. (2010). "Cleavage of Zearalenone by Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans to a Novel Nonestrogenic Metabolite". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76 (7): 2353–2359. Bibcode:2010ApEnM..76.2353V. doi:10.1128/AEM.01438-09. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 2849244. PMID 20118365.
  3. ^ Hickey, P. W.; Sutton, D. A.; Fothergill, A. W.; Rinaldi, M. G.; Wickes, B. L.; Schmidt, H. J.; Walsh, T. J. (2009). "Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans, a Novel Respiratory Pathogen in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47 (10): 3091–3097. doi:10.1128/JCM.00460-09. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 2756937. PMID 19656976.

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