Cultivation characteristics ofIsaria japonica

Cultivation characteristics of fruit-body (synnema) formation ofIsaria japonica were examined using liquid and solid media in order to produce fruit-bodies on a large scale. Mycelia grew well at 18–28°C on PDA medium with an initial pH of 7.0. The formation of fruit-bodies ofI. japonica was induced by lowering temperature to below 20°C in PD liquid medium. In sawdust-rice bran basal medium mixed with pupal powder prepared from silkworms (Bombyx mori), the fresh weight of fruit-bodies increased with increasing content of pupal powder. The highest yields of fruit-bodies were obtained in carbon-rich barley grain medium supplemented with pupal powder. The fruit-bodies grown under CO₂ concentrations of 1,000 μl/L had coral-like, many-branched synnemata with numerous conidiospores, whereas those formed under high concentrations (9,000 μl/L) of CO₂ had unbranched and longer synnemata. High concentrations of CO₂ remarkably inhibited conidiospore formation on synnemata. Continuous high-intensity illumination at 2.93 W·m⁻² inhibited the elongation of synnemata, and low-intensity illumination at 0.088 W·m⁻² slightly inhibited the branching of synnemata. Fruit-bodies were produced on the pupa metamorphosed from living larvae ofAgrotis fucosa placed on the surface of a culture ofI. japonica incubated in sawdust-rice bran medium.     

不同蝉花产品蛋白质营养价值分析

采用国际通用的营养价值评价方法 FAO/WHO,对野生蝉花、蝉花液体发酵菌丝体、蝉花固体培养孢梗束和菌质的蛋白质的营养价值进行了全面评价。结果显示,其蛋白质含量分别为19.65%、25.30%、32.90%和16.17%。野生蝉花和蝉花液体发酵菌丝体的第一限制氨基酸是含硫氨基酸(蛋氨酸和半胱氨酸),蝉花孢梗束的第一限制氨基酸是异亮氨酸,蝉花菌质的第一限制氨基酸是赖氨酸。综合评价,蝉花孢梗束蛋白质的营养价值最高,蝉花菌质蛋白质的氨基酸平衡性较好。