Thirteen novel deoxynivalenol-degrading bacteria are classified within two genera with distinct degradation mechanisms |
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Authors: | Sato Ikuo Ito Michihiro Ishizaka Masumi Ikunaga Yoko Sato Yukari Yoshida Shigenobu Koitabashi Motoo Tsushima Seiya |
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Institution: | National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON), a secondary metabolite produced by species of the plant pathogen Fusarium, causes serious problems in cereal crop production because of its toxicity towards humans and livestock. A biological approach for the degradation of DON using a DON-degrading bacterium (DDB) appears to be promising, although information about DDBs is limited. We isolated 13 aerobic DDBs from a variety of environmental samples, including field soils and wheat leaves. Of these 13 strains, nine belonged to the Gram-positive genus Nocardioides and other four to the Gram-negative genus Devosia. The degradation phenotypes of the two Gram types were clearly different; all washed cells of the 13 strains degraded 100 μg mL(-1) DON to below the detection limit (0.5 μg mL(-1)), but the conditions inducing the DON-degrading activities differed between the two Gram types. The HPLC profiles of the DON metabolites were also distinct between the two genera, although all strains produced 3-epi-deoxynivalenol. The Gram-positive strains showed DON assimilation in media containing DON as a carbon source, whereas the Gram-negatives did not. Our results suggest that aerobic DDBs are distributed within at least two phylogenetically restricted genera, suggesting independent evolution of the DON-degradation mechanisms. |
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