Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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Mutagenesis of Pleurotus eryngii by Gamma Ray Irradiation

1Graduate School of Bio. & Information Technology, Hankyong National University, Ansung 456-749, Korea
2Mushroom Research Institute, GARES, Gyeonggi Province Gwang-ju 464-870, Korea
3Institute of Genetic engineering, Hankyong National University, Ansung 456-749, Korea
4JK BioTech Co. Ltd. Gyeonggi, Ansung 456-749, Korea

Correspondence to kanghw2@hknu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June 30, 2012, 40(2):93-97.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2012.40.2.93
(Received June 8, 2012. Revised June 20, 2012. Accepted June 25, 2012)
Published: June 30, 2012.
© The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

Gamma ray irradiation mutagenesis was employed to get variants of Pleurotus eryngii with functionally enhanced and improved characteristics. Protoplasts released from P. eryngii were treated with gamma ray radiation under 0.25-1.25 KGy. Protoplast sample that showed fatality rate of 80% at the 0.25 KGy was spreaded on YPMGA (yeast, peptone, malt-extract, glucose, agar) and 500 mycelial colonies were randomly selected from the medium. Of them, 100 mutant strains with mycelial morphology and growth rate that differ to control strain were observed on PDA. The cellulase and laccase activity of 67 gamma ray-irradiated P. eryngii isolates with morphological variation were investigated. Among these, 5 isolates were higher cellulase. In addition, the genetic variation of the mutant strains was analyzed by PCR fingerprinting.

Keywords

Gamma-ray irradiation, Mutagenesis, Pleurotus eryngii

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