Lipogenesis in the Basidiomycetes Pleurotus ostreatusand Flammulina velutipes Cultivated on Different Media

The compositions of free fatty acids (FA) in the mycelia of oyster cap (Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) Kumm.) and honey mushroom (Flammulina velutipes (Curt. ex Fr.) Sing.) and the effect of mycelium cultivation conditions on the composition and proportions of individual FA were investigated. Palmitic and linoleic acids were found to be major acids produced byP. ostreatus growing on solid agar medium and in a submerged culture with a synthetic medium. The composition of minor FA in P. ostreatuswas dependent on cultivation conditions. Surface cultivation of its mycelium yielded pentadecanoic, octadecenoic, and stearic acids. Submerged cultivation additionally yielded undecanoic, myristic, hexadecenoic, and lignoceric acids. The composition of free FA in F. velutipesshowed no significant differences from that of P. ostreatus. Variation in the C/N ratio in the cultivation medium affected both the FA composition in P. ostreatus and F. velutipes and the relationship between saturated and unsaturated FA.     

Biosynthesis of vitamins B by the fungus Pleurotus ostreatus in a submerged culture

The intra- and extracellular contents of vitamins were studied in the course of submerged cultivation of the higher basidial mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.: Fr.) Kummer st. IMBF-1300 on liquid nutrient media. This strain was found to be autotrophic in respect of thiamin (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B5), pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and biotin (vitamin B7), but it failed to synthesize cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12). The composition and pH of the culture medium, containing such complex biostimulating supplements as maize extract and concentrated potato sap noticeably influence the contents of vitamins B1, B5 and B7 in the mycelium, and to a less degree they change the level of the intracellular biosynthesis of vitamins B2 and B6. Higher excretion of vitamins B5, B7 and especially B6 was observed on the semisynthetic media during the postexponential growth. Under experimental conditions vitamins B1 and B2 were accumulated only in the cells. The dry mycelium of P. ostreatus obtained by submerged cultivation on liquid media is a valuable source of B vitamins and, especially, of niacin. Thus the oyster mushroom and other edible mushrooms can be put at one of the top places among food-stuffs by the content of niacin.     

几种担子菌胞外漆酶同工酶谱的研究

从猴头(Hericium erinaceus)、亚侧耳(Hohenbuehelia serotina)、毛柄金钱菌(Co-llybia velutipes)、多脂鳞伞(Pholiota adiposa)、香菇(Lentinus edodes)、黑木耳(Auriculariaauricula)、草菇(Volvaria volpacea)二孢蘑菇(Agaricus bisporus)和紫孢侧耳(Pleurotussapidus)、侧耳(Pleurotus ostreatus)风尾菇(P.sajor-caju)、金顶侧耳(P.citrinopileatus)、鲍鱼菇(P.cystidiosus)、佛罗里达侧耳(P.florida)、爪哇漏斗状侧耳(P.sajor-caju var.javanicus)商品化菌种的培养滤液里所得到的胞外漆酶(LC),采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶等电聚焦盘状电泳方法,分析比较了它们的胞外漆酶同工酶。经多批次比较试验,获得了侧耳属七个种和八个不同属间各自恒定的漆酶同工酶谱。在这些酶谱中,分别包含了 A 组(pH3—5)和 B 组(pH5—8)的谱带。而且,所有菌种间漆酶带的等电点值(pI)各有异同。没有测定菌种间各漆酶带含量差别。讨论了漆酶同工酶谱用于分类研究的可能性。     

Lipid content and fatty acid composition of the higher edible fungus--the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus (Fr.) Kummer

The content of free lipids in wild and cultivated plant bodies, as well as in the surface and deep mycelium of the higher edible basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus (Fr.) Kummer--Oyster mushroom--was studied. By means of GL chromatography fatty acids with the number of C atoms from 8 to 20 were identified. In plant bodies and mycelium of the Oyster mushroom unsaturated fatty acids preveil; the main portion falls to oleic acid (up to 56%).     

Conditions of cultivation, composition, and biological activity of mycelium of Flammulina velutipes (Fr.) P. Karst

A study is made on a strain of higher basydiomycete Flammulia velutipes (Fr.) P. Karat. The conditions of maximum biomass production by Flammulia velutipes were studied. Soluble and insoluble fractions were isolated from mycelium. The composition of cultured mycelium and aqueous extracts from mycelium were investigated. These objects mainly contained carbohydrates (65.3 and 84.0% in insoluble and soluble fractions, respectively, and 56% mycelium), proteins (7.5-10.0% in fractions and 17.5% in mycelium), as well as an insignificant amount of mineral substances. The main carbohydrate component of fractions was glucose (53.6-78.8%); galactose and mannose were also present, as well as fucose and xylose in insignificant amounts. The aqueous extracts from mycelium demonstrated immunomodulating activity. They rendered a stimulating effect on the functional activity of macrophages--central cells of the reticluoendothelial system. The soluble fraction had a more pronounced effect than the insoluble fraction.     

Enniatin B synthesis by a Fusarium sambucinum Fuck culture

Three fungal strains belonging to the genus Fusarium Lk. ex. Fr. (F. sambucinum Fuck. 52377, F. avenaceum (Fr. Sacc.) 52311, F. gibbosum App. et. Wr. emend Bilai 52021) whcih form 800-1200 mg of enniatin B per litre during submerged cultivation have been selected. The morphology of F. sambucinum 52377 in the course of growth and production of enniatin B on the selected medium is described. The maximum accumulation of the product is found at the stationary growth phase. The active accumulation of fatty inclusions during this period suggests the participation of metabolism of fatty acids in the biosynthesis of enniatin B.     

Dedikaryotization of higher fungi in submerged culture

Shaker experiments were done with submerged propagation of the oyster pleurotus (Pleurotus ostreatus/Jacq. ex. Fr./Kummer). The starting material was dikaryotic or monokaryotic mycelium obtained under stationary conditions. During submerged cultivation in a wort-containing medium on a cyclic shaker at 240 r.p.m. in flasks with articulated surface, dedikaryotization took place and the culture was predominantly monokaryotic after 10–14 days. Agitation of the medium favours the formation of monokaryotic forms. The typical mushroom flavour is associated with the dikaryotic form of mycelium so that submerged cultivation does not produce higher fungal mycelium in its aromatic form.     

Mitochondrial morphogenesis and ultrastructure of basidiomycetes from genera Agaricus and Pleurotus

Supravital study of rhodamine-stained mitochondria in cells of aerial and submerged micelium of 31 strains from 9 species from genus Agaricus (A. arvensis Schaeff., A. bisporus (Lange) Imbach, A. bitorquis (Quel.) Sacc., A. campestris L., A. excellens, (F.H. Müller) F.H. Müller, A. macrocarpus (F.H. Müller) F.H. Müller, A. silvaticus Schaeff., A. silvicola (Vittad.) Peck, A. xanthodermus Genev) and of 2 strains from 2 species from genus Pleurotus (P. ostreatus (Jacg.) P. Kumm., P. pulmonarius (Fr.) Quel.) was carried out. Mitochondrial morphogenesis in micelial cells of species from Agaricus and Pleurotus genera has many common features in distribution of mitochondria in micelial cells both under the favorable growth conditions and during chondriom reorganization (fission and fragmentation of mitochondria to small subunits) under unfarovable growth conditions and during aging. During the balanced growth of mycelium of heterokaryotic strains from genera Agaricus and Pleurotus for 7–14 days on agar media as well as during cultivation of mycelium of oyster mushroom and several strains of field mushroom in submerged culture, distribution of mitochondria by the type 1 (small granular mitochondria in the apical zone—1, long rod-like mitochondria in the subapical zone—2 and short rod-like and granular mitochondria formed as a result of fragmentation of rod-like mitochondria in mature mycelium cells—3) was observed. Under unfarovable growth conditions (starvation), in mycelium cells of homokaryotic strains of champignon, during long cultivation of all strains and species from the studied genera and during cultivation on liquid wort, for majority of champignon, distribution of mitochondria by the type 2 was observed (sphere-like mitochondria in all cells of the studied mycelium zones). Mitochondrial profiles at ultrastructural level had specific features, such as associations of the outer mitochondrial membrane with cytoplasmic ribosomes and changes in cristae structure. The preliminary test for apoptosis-like phenotype of the submerged mycelium cells of Bs94 champignon that hardly grows in the submerged culture gave positive result. Thus, mitochondrial morphogenesis in mycelium cells of Agaricus and Pleurotus species under different conditions and terms of cultivation occurs similarly and is determined by a complex of physiological and biochemical processes reflecting the state of mycelium cells.     

Study of the chemical makeup of the mycelium from an active strain of Act. rimosus and from an inactive mutant in relaiton to oxytetracycline biosynthesis]

Chemical composition of the mycelium of the active and inactive mutants of Act. rimosus grown under conditions favourable for oxytetracycline biosynthesis on the starch or maltose medium and under favourable conditions on the glucose medium was studied. It was shown that according to its chemical composition the above strains did not practically differ. When grown on the starch medium the mycelium of both strains contained great amounts of carbohydrates and comparatively small amounts of nucleic acids and nitrogen. Replacement of starch in the medium by glucose or maltose induced significant changes in the mycelium composition: the synthesis of intracellular polysaccharides was markedly suppressed and the synthesis of nucleic acids and nitrogen containing compounds increased. RNA was the main nucleic acid in both strains on starch and glucose media. The content of DNA was low and did not practically change. The mycelium of both strains contained small amounts of lipids which did not significantly change during the process of cultivation and did not correlate with the antibiotic activity.     

Effect of culture conditions of Pleurotus ostreatus (Fr.) Kumm. on cellulases complexes activity in post-cultivated substrates

The aim of the presented research was to settle conditions and parameters of Pleurotus ostreatus (Fr.) Kumm. culture and to determine activity and yield of cellulase complexes biosynthesised by this mushroom on different substrates. Wheat straw sterilized by evaporation at temperature 58-60 degrees C during 48 hours was the first substrate. Wheat straw with Reynoutria japonica (Houtt) in 1:1 proportion, sterilized by irradiation (15 kGy), was the second, two-component, substrate. According to the obtained results it can be ascertained that P. ostreatus (Fr.) Kumm. grows and yields well on all kinds of substrates biosynthesising active cellulase complexes E.C. 3.2.1.4. glucohydrolases, both endo- and exogluconase, and E.C. 3.2.1.21. beta-glucosidase.     

Cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus on weed plants

Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.:Fr.) Kumm. ITCC 3308 (collected from Indian Type Culture Collection, IARI, New Delhi, India, 110012) was grown on dry weed plants, Leonotis sp, Sida acuta, Parthenium argentatum, Ageratum conyzoides, Cassia sophera, Tephrosia purpurea and Lantana camara. Leonotis sp. was the best substrate in fruit body production of P. ostreatus when it was mixed with rice straw (1:1, wet wt/wet wt) for mushroom cultivation. The fruiting time for P. ostreatus was also less on Leonotis sp. than on any other weed substrates tested in the present investigation. T. purpurea was the least suited weed for oyster mushroom cultivation. The main problem of oyster mushroom cultivation on weed substrates was found to be low yield in the second flush that could be overcome by blending weed plants with rice straw. The protein contents of the fruit bodies obtained from Cassia sophera, Parthenium argentatum and Leonotis sp. were not only better than rice straw but also from the rice straw supplemented weeds.     

平菇菌丝体与子实体营养成分的分析比较

采用现代化学分析手段对平菇菌丝体和子实体的营养成分进行分析比较。结果表明,用PDA固体培养的菌丝体的灰分、可溶物、总糖和粗蛋白的含量均明显低于子实体,而粗脂肪和粗纤维的含量则显著高于子实体;菌丝体的Fe、Ca、Zn的含量显著高于子实体,而Mg和K的含量明显低于子实体,Na的含量两者比较接近;菌丝体和子实体的氨基酸组成相似,都含有17种氨基酸,但子实体的各氨基酸的含量均高于菌丝体,从各项氨基酸含量的比值来看,菌丝体则更优于子实体。两者都不失是极好的营养食品源。     

A method for establishing ectomycorrhiza on conifer seedlings in steady-state conditions of nutrition

Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.), and Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.) seedlings, inoculated with Suillus bovinits (L. ex Fr.) O. Kuntze and Paxillus involutus (Batsch) Fr., were grown on sloping plastic plates in growth units. A circulating nutrient solution flowed continuously over the plates. Nutrients in balanced proportions previously found to be appropriate for conifers, were added at a specified relative addition rate, in exponentially increasing amounts. The conductivity of the solution was kept low and stable (<50 μS cm⁻¹). No carbohydrates were added.
Seedling nitrogen concentration and relative growth rate attained steady states in both inoculated and uninoculated treatments. The fungi infected the short roots within a few days and formed typical mantles and Hartig nets. This occurred in all treatments, including conditions of free access to nutrients, in which the nutrient concentration of the seedlings was optimal. The growth rate of the extramatrical mycelium was very high.     

Impact of morphogenetic effectors on the growth pattern and the lipid composition of the mycelium and the yeastlike cells of the fungus Mucor hiemalis

We investigated the growth and the cell lipid composition of the mycelium and of the yeast-like form of Mucor hiemalis VKMF-1431 obtained under aerobic conditions by treatment with the morphogenetic agents itraconazole, exogenous triacylglycerols (TAGs), and trehalose. The sporangiospores of a 20-day culture were inoculated on the medium with glucose. Under these conditions, the fungus produced both mycelium and yeast-like cells. It was established that, upon the germination of old (20-day) sporangiospores, the fungus predominantly used the mycelium development strategy in the presence of trehalose and TAGs. It was characterized by a low ratio between the two bulk membrane lipids (PEA/PC) and increased levels of PC and polyunsaturated fatty acids (FA). Compared to the mycelium, the yeast cell morphotype obtained on the medium with glucose was distinguished by an elevated PEA/PC ratio, lowered TAG, free sterol (FS) and esterified sterol (ES) levels, a decreased ES/FS ratio that correlated with the reserve sterol pool size, and a lowered content of unsaturated fatty acids (the linoleic and the ??-linolenic acid). These peculiarities of the lipid composition of yeastlike cells correlated with the intensity of yeastlike growth. Light and electron microscopy revealed differences between the above cell morphotypes. With itraconazole, yeast-like cells were characterized by the destruction of the endoplasmic reticulum membranes and formation of a large number of vacuoles. The suggestion was confirmed that the state/age of inoculum sporangiospores exerts an influence on the capacity for dimorphism in mucorous fungi such as M. hiemalis. The data obtained testify to an involvement of lipids in the process of adaptation to environmental factors and to their regulatory role in morphogenetic processes associated with the formation of alternative morphotypes of the mucorous fungus.     

Growth promotion of the edible fungus Pleurotus ostreatus by fluorescent pseudomonads

Bacteria were isolated from the mycelial surface of Pleurotus ostreatus and their role in fruiting body induction (fructification) of the edible mushroom P. ostreatus was investigated. Analysis of the bacterial community that colonized the mycelium showed that the species composition and numbers of culturable bacteria differed according to the developmental stage of P. ostreatus. In particular, the population size of fluorescent pseudomonads increased during fruiting body induction. An experiment showed that inoculation of pure cultures of the mycelium with strains of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. isolated from the mycelial plane of commercially produced mushrooms promoted the formation of primordia and enhanced the development of the basidiome of P. ostreatus. Results of this research strongly suggest that inoculation of the mycelium with specific bacteria may have beneficial applications for mushroom production.     

Detection and recovery of hydrolytic enzymes from spent compost of four mushroom species

To evaluate the potential of using the enzymes from spent mushroom compost (SMC) as an industrial enzyme, the production of alpha-amylase, cellulase, beta-glucosidase, laccase, and xylanase was determined from the SMC of four edible mushroom species (Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinula edodes, Flammulina velutipes and Hericium erinaceum). Among the tested SMC, the SMC of L. edodes showed the highest enzyme activity in alpha-amylase (229 nkat/g), cellulase (759 nkat/g) and beta-glucosidase (767 nkat/g) in 0.5% Triton X-100, and that of P. ostreatus showed the highest activity in laccase (1452 nkat/g) in phosphate-buffered 0.2% Triton X-100. The highest xylanase activity (119 nkat/g) was found in the SMC of F. velutipes.     

Conditions of cultivation,composition, and biological activity of mycelium of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Flammulina velutipes</Emphasis> (Fr.) P. Karst

A study is made on a strain of higher basydiomycete Flammulia velutipes (Fr.) P. Karst. The conditions of maximum biomass production by Flammulia velutipes were studied. Soluble and insoluble fractions were isolated from mycelium. The composition of cultured mycelium and aqueous extracts from mycelium were investigated. These objects mainly contained carbohydrates (65.3 and 84.0% in insoluble and soluble fractions, respectively, and 56% mycelium), proteins (7.5–10.0% in fractions and 17.5% in mycelium), as well as an insignificant amount of mineral substances. The main carbohydrate component of fractions was glucose (53.6–78.8%); galactose and mannose were also present, as well as fucose and xylose in insignificant amounts. The aqueous extracts from mycelium demonstrated immunomodulating activity. They rendered a stimulating effect on the functional activity of macrophages—central cells of the reticluoendothelial system. The soluble fraction had a more pronounced effect than the insoluble fraction.     

强力安对食用菌生产中杂菌的毒力测定

试验利用滤纸片、管碟抑菌圈法测定了强力安杀菌剂对木霉TrichodermaviridePers.exFr、链孢霉MoniliasitophilaMont等食用菌生产上的杂菌的毒力,结果表明强力安具有明显的抑菌、杀菌作用。试验还测定了强力安对食用菌的作用,结果表明强力安对平菇Pleurotusostreatus(JacexFr)Quel、金针菇Flammulinavelutipes（Fr）Sing具抑制力,而对黑木耳Auriculariaauricula(l.exHook)Underw、香菇Lentinulaedodes(Berk)Pegler则未发现抑制作用。根据强力安对供试菌的最低抑制浓度,作者提出了生产实际上的用药浓度,以供参考。     

Micromorphological features of Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fr.) Quel. and P. ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. strains in pure and binary culture with yeasts

Micromorphology of oyster mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) Quel. and P. pulmonarius (Fr.) Quel. was studied in pure and binary culture with yeasts (Cryptococcus laurentii 1629, Rhodotorula minuta 2790, Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (see text for symbol) 31A-11, Candida krusie 3452, Pichia holstii 3438). The cultures were cultivated on malt-agar and water agar. Various mycelial structures were described: strands, rings, thin searching mycelium, clamps, crystals, head-like offshoots, mycelial fragments, chlamydospores, and coralloid hyphae. Vegetative mycelia interact in different ways (forming anastomoses, strands, system of thin anucleate hyphae) within the same culture. Head-like offshoots of mycelial cells, previously regarded as spores of asexual reproduction, appeared to lack nuclei and to be filled with polyphosphates. Coralloid hyphae, which induce yeast cell lysis after direct contact, were detected only in binary culture with yeasts under condition of nitrogen deficit. The same way of feeding is typical for carnivorous mushrooms.     

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of the vegetative dikaryotic mycelium of the cultivated mushroom Flammulina velutipes

Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to transform the vegetative dikaryotic mycelium of Flammulina velutipes using a hygromycin B resistance gene as selectable marker. The gene coding for urogen III methyltransferase (cob) was introduced into F. velutipes dikaryotic cells. The resulting transformant cells generated a bright red fluorescence, indicating that cob is promising as a reporter gene in F. velutipes.