Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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Changes and Distributional Pattern of Microflora in Cotton Waste Media of Oyster Mushroom Cultivation

Mushroom Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Suwon 441-707, Korea

Correspondence to lchanj@korea.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December 31, 2009, 37(2):150-154.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.2009.37.2.150
(Received September 30, 2009. Accepted December 28, 2009)
Published: December 31, 2009.
© The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

The diversity of microflora according to growth stage of Pleurotus ostreatus and the correlation between microbe and medium fermentation were investigated. In farmhouse I, the aerobic bacteria and fungi as longer of growing period were increased. And, thermophilic bacteria and fluorescent Pseudomonas sp. showed high density at the early stage of spawn inoculation. The thermophilic actinomycetes were distributed evenly during all the growing period, but mesophilic actinomycetes were not observed. In farmhouse II, thermophilic actinomycetes were not observed in fermented medium and density of fungi were suddenly increased at 60 days after spawn inoculation. And also, mushrooms can hardly be harvested due to Penicillium spp. After medium fermentation, density of aerobic bacteria, thermophilic bacteria, and fluorescent Pseudomonas sp. was higher at farmhouse I than those of farmhouse II. In farmhouse I, Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. dominated at early stage of mushroom growth but as time goes by, density of Bacillus sp. was higher than the others. And also, the kind of microbe showed a few at early stage of mushroom growth but increased as time goes by. In farmhouse II, Bacillus sp. was dominated at early stage of mushroom growth. And the growth of Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. showed intersect aspect each other in the farmhouse I but Bacillus sp. dominated during all growth periods in the farmhouse II.

Keywords

Pleurotus ostreatus, cotton waste media, microflora, Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp.

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