Effects of several mycotoxins on specific growth rate of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens and toxin degradation in vitro.

Four strains of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens did not degrade aflatoxin B1. Acetyl T-2 toxin, T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, deoxynivalenol, diacetoxyscirpenol, verrucarin A, zearalenone, and ochratoxin A did not affect the specific growth rate of B. fibrisolvens CE51 significantly, but all were degraded to greater or lesser extents. Breakdown products were produced as a result of deacetylation reactions.