“…In addition, some strains of B. amyloliquefaciens , such as B. amyloliquefaciens UTB2, UNRC52, and UNRCLR, could suppress AFB1 synthesis ( Bluma and Etcheverry, 2006 ; Siahmoshteh et al, 2018 ). However, except for B. amyloliquefaciens S8C, Y1-B1, SWUN-TP23, SG-16, and HSP-5 ( Xu et al, 2015 ; Guo et al, 2017 ; Wang J. et al, 2018 ; Ali et al, 2021 ; Zhang et al, 2021 ), little was known about the AFB1 degradation potential of B. amyloliquefaciens as well as the molecular mechanism of the loss in AFB1 production. Here, the AFB1-degrading bacterium in naturally fermented pickles was isolated and identified as B. amyloliquefaciens (WF2020), and the toxicities of the strain and its AFB1 degradation products were also assessed based on sequenced genome information, antibiotic susceptibility, the changes in the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans , and Ames mutagenicity.…”