Mushrooms is unique creature in the living world cannot be classified neither plant nor animal. It has become one of human food sources. There has been recent finding of interest in mushroom not only as a health vegetable which rich in protein but it also important as sources of biologically active compound of medical value. Based on Ooi & Liu (2000) schizophyllan from S. commune and lentinan, an interferon-stimulating polysaccharide produced by L. edodes are products that have been isolated from mushroom to make anti-cancer drugs. Nowadays, mushroom cultivation has become one of agronomic generating activity which can be applied to the small industry farmer. Therefore in order to cultivated the mushroom there are several steps known as preparing medium culture, spawn preparation, medium substrate preparation, spawning, spawn running, fructification and harvesting (refer to the Figure 1 in Appendix 1).
The first steps in mushroom cultivation are preparation of culture media. Mushroom mycelium needs nutrition to grow. Agar (seaweed) contains almost no nutrition, but acts as a gelling agent when mixed with water, so that the mycelium has a flat, solid surface to grow. A combination of agar, water, and nutritional substance gives a satisfactory method for growing out healthy mycelium (Ogden & Prowse, 2004). The mycelium grows on the surface of the medium will later be used to inoculate larger amounts of substrates like grain. Test tubes or Petri dishes used as culture containers. Young and vigorous mycelium obtained from a young fruiting body of a mushroom. The mycelium should be white and grow out from the tissue. If yellow, blue, green, or grey mycelia form on other places on the surface, then these are fungal contaminants. A cre...
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The appearance of Hydnum repandum is quite unique. The stipe of the fungi can range from two to seven centimeters tall, and one to three centimeters thick (Wood). The surface of the stipe can range from cream to yellow in color, and is dry and smooth. The cap of the mushroom is two to ten centimeters broad, with a smooth, dry surface (Graham 84). The caps color can range from cream to orange. It has a thick flesh that is very brittle, with a mild taste and odor. The hymenophore has teeth that are 0.4 to 0.6 centimeters long. They are cream colored, and also brittle (Wood).
The fungus sclerotinia sclerotiorum over winters as sclerotia either in the soil or in stubble at the soil surface (Morton and Hall, 1989). If the weather (moisture and temperature) is favorable, small mushroom-like structures called apothecia will be produced on the sclerotia. Each sclerotia can several apothecia. Apothecia can produce millions of spores called ascospores. Ascospores will be released in air when the apothecia is mature. Some ascospores land on canola plants and infect dead canola tissues like fal...
In wild type culture of C-ferns, it is expected that there will be a high concentration of antheridiogen since the hermaphrodites are producing antheridiogen. The greater the population density of C-ferns, the higher the concentration of antheridiogen; hence a high percentage of male gametophytes in the wild type cultures.
After the addition of the media, we insert an aeration tube inside and cover the lid with a cotton plug and start giving them aeration. This preparation has to be put on for 3 days under proper sunlight and 25-30 degree Celsius to observe if the culture is healthy/ potent or not depending on the color each culture portrays (The nanochloropsis culture should have a grass-green color to be seen as potent and the isochrysis culture should have a dark brown color to be seen as potent), if the colors seem dull and light, then that might mean that the culture is impotent.
The meaning of Mycenae is changed to mushroom, from what it had once been named after the sisterhood
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All over this planet from the ocean floor to the forests and jungles some form of Fungi can be present. Though they can be found in many different forms such as mold yeast, the most commonly known is the Mushroom. Found in the wild on dead plant and animal matter, the mushroom is nothing more then the fruit of a fungus spore and can be a nutrisous food. There is a specific Genus of these Fungi that have a unique chemical inside of them. Psilocybin or its chemical name Dihydrogen Phospate is a naturally occuring compound with strong Psychoactive properties.
“Fermentation occurs in fruits, bacteria, yeasts, fungi, as well as in mammalian muscle”(Biology Online, 2008, p. xx-xx) . “Yeasts were discovered to have connection with fermentation as observed by the French chemist, Louis Pasteur” (Biology Online, 2008, p. xx-xx). “Pasteur originally defined fermentation as respiration without air” (Biology Online, 2008, p. xx-xx). “However, fermentation does not have to always occur in anaerobic condition” (Biology Online, 2008, p. xx-xx). “Yeasts still prefer to undergo fermentation to process organic compounds and generate ATP even in the presence of oxygen” (Biology Online, 2008, p. xx-xx). “However, in mammalian muscles, they turn from oxidative phosphorylation (of cellular respiration) to fermentation when oxygen supply becomes limited, especially during a strenuous activity such as intensive exercising” (Biology Online, 2008, p. xx-xx).
The next day, 100 µL of an overnight culture of Salmonella growth will be transfer onto the center of a Petri plate containing tryptic soy agar where taken out from refrigerator. Sprea...
If I was to do this experiment again I might use a Fungi amylase to
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Fungi are eukaryotic organisms which are either single-celled or multi-cellular organisms, their DNA containing chromosomes are enclosed in a Nucleus inside their cells. Fungi cell structure is very similar to that of the plants however, Fungi do not perform photosynthesis. Fungi is often known to be a nuisance when found within a person’s house, whether on food, the walls or even the floor. People naturally find it disturbing and dirty, however there are good types of Fungi, often referred to as friendly fungi. In 1928 Penicillin, one of the most famous of antibiotic drugs was discovered having derived it from the fungi called Penicillium. This discovery has since has a huge impact on helping people across the globe. However, not all is it seems, there are some nasty fungi that can cause diseases in plants, animals and people. A famous one being Phytophthora infestans. This ...
C. immitis is non-fastidious growing on a variety of culture media including brain-heart infusion agar, potato-dextrose agar, Sabourand-dextrose agar and blood agar. (3) Culture to induce mycelial growth is best at 28-30oC typically taking 2-3 weeks with growth detectable within 5 days. (3, 6, 7) The colony is initially white and glabrous, quickly becoming floccose resembling angel hair (see picture 1) and turning brown as it ages. (3, 6) Microscopically the culture shows single celled barrel-shaped alternate arthroconidia (see picture 2) separated from each other by a disjunctor cell.(6, 8) Conversion to the yeast / spherule form re...
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c. culturing can be done the check the availability of microorganism which have an important role in decomposition of organic fertilizer