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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2007, p. 785-792, Vol. 73, No. 3
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.02032-06
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Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR, Bari, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari,1 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Università di Lecce, 73100 Lecce,2 Consorzio C.A.R.S.O. Cancer Research Center, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy3
Received 28 August 2006/ Accepted 7 November 2006
A bacterium isolated from patulin-contaminated apples was capable of degrading patulin to a less-toxic compound, ascladiol. The bacterium was identified as Gluconobacter oxydans by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, whereas ascladiol was identified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance. Degradation of up to 96% of patulin was observed in apple juices containing up to 800 µg/ml of patulin and incubated with G. oxydans.
Published ahead of print on 17 November 2006.
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