title: Isolation and identification of a strain of Aspergillus tubingensis with deoxynivalenol biotransformation capability.
abstract: Deoxynivalenol (DON) is one of the most common contaminants of various foodstuffs. A biotransformation system was used in order to lessen the toxicity of DON. A strain of Aspergillus (NJA-1) was isolated from soil and cultured in an inorganic salt medium containing DON. Bt2a/Bt2b primers were used to amplify the beta-tubulin gene of NJA-1. Sequence analysis the PCR product and morphology observation indicated that NJA-1 belonged to Aspergillus tubingensis (aerobic fungi). The DNA sequence information of the PCR product was deposited in GenBank (accession number DQ9025790). The DNA sequence had 99% similarity to the Aspergillus tubingensis accession number AY820009. An unknown compound in NJA-1 showed the ability to convert DON into another product. The molecular weight of the bioconversion product was 18.1 D (H2O) larger than that of DON. The analysis showed that DON could be hydrolyzed by NJA-1. The mean DON biotransformation rate was 94.4% after two weeks of cultivation. The finding presents a new method for DON biotransformation.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chenghua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yanhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Guofang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Haibin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang