Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Hyuk Woo Kwon 1, Jun Young Kim 1, Sung Hwan Min 1, Min Ah Choi 1, Youn-Lee Oh 2, Won-Sik Kong 2 and Seong Hwan Kim 1*
1Department of Microbiology, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea
2Mushroom Research Division, Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Medicinal Crop RDA,
Eumseong 369-874, Korea
Correspondence to piceae@dankook.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March 31, 2014, 42(1):86-90.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2014.42.1.86
Received: February 12, 2014; Revised: March 19, 2014; Accepted: March 21, 2014
Published: March 31, 2014.
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Button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) strains from diverse origins were compared in this study to obtain basic information on their growth and biochemical properties that are helpful for breeding. Among 31 dikaryotic strains tested, most strains showed better mycelial growth on oatmeal agar than on MEA and PDA. Mycelia of the mushroom strains revealed β-glucosidase activity the most clearly among the seven extracellular enzymes tested. All the strains showed protease activity, but β-glucosidase activity was found in 27 strains and xylanase activity was found in 30 strains. The activity of avicelase, CM-cellulase, amylase, and pectinase was detected in less than 20 strains. These results implied that enzymatic characteristics could be used as a criterion of strain selection for breeding study.
Agaricus bisporus, Chromogenic media, Extracellular enzyme activity