Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans

Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans (synonym Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans) is a yeast species purportedly useful in the detoxification of various mycotoxins. It was first isolated from the hindgut of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. It has been shown to detoxify mycotoxins such as ochratoxin A and zearalenone.^[1][2] It can occasionally become a human pathogen.^[3]

Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Tremellomycetes
Order:	Trichosporonales
Family:	Trichosporonaceae
Genus:	Apiotrichum
Species:	A. mycotoxinivorans
Binomial name
Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans (O. Molnár, Schatzm. & Prillinger) A.M. Yurkov & Boekhout (2015)
Synonyms
Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans O. Molnár, Schatzm. & Prillinger (2004)