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Effect of phenol on the mycelial growth and fructification in some of basidiomycetous fungi
Author(s) -
Upadhyay R. C.,
Hofrichter M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.3620330512
Subject(s) - mycelium , fructification , basidiomycota , botany , biology , phenol , chemistry , organic chemistry
Cometabolic growth studies with phenol were undertaken to screen 32 strains of white and brown rot fungi. All the cultures studied grew well up to 4 m M of phenol on C ZAPEKDOX agar except Agaricus bisporus (white button mushroom) and Pleurotus cystidiosus. Most of them could grow even up to 6 m M of phenol. Phenol induced a brown pigmentation of the culture medium. P. flabellatus and P. pulmonarius metabolized 67 and 64 mg/1 phenol in 10 days. Studies have indicated that phenol (0.1 to 1.0 m M ) incorporated in malt‐extract agar has no inhibitory effect on fruitbody formation. Preliminary studies indicate that soaking of wheat straw with phenol solution up to 1600 mg/1 give better mycelial growth and fructification of P. cornucopiae, P. ostreatus Z‐15 and Calocybe indica than water soaked. Soaking of wheat straw in phenol inhibited the growth of common competitor weed fungi like Stachybotrys sp. and Coprinus sp.