Biodegradation of mycotoxins

Biodegradation of mycotoxins has become an area of great interest. Biological detoxification involves the enzymatic degradation or transformation of toxins to less toxic componnds and is often a detoxification or resistance mechanism nsed by microbes or plants for protection from adverse impacts of toxins. It has been shown that S. cerevisiae and lactic acid bacteria are potential candidates for mycotoxin decontamination (Halady Shetty Jespersen, 2006). 

Halasz, A., Laszity, R., Abonyi, T., Bata, A. (2009). Decontamiation of mycotoxin-containing food and feed by biodegradation. Food Reviews International, 25, 284—298. 

Boeira, L., Bryce, J., Stewart, G., Flannigan, B. (2002). Influence of cultural conditions on sensitivity of brewing yeasts growth to Fusarium mycotoxins zearalenone, deoxynivalenol and fumonisin Bl. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 50, 69-81. 

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