Chan-Jung Lee1*, Young-Mi Yoo1, Ji-Won Moon1, Jong-Chun Cheong1, Won-Sik Kong1, Yong-Gyun Kim2, Byung-Eui Lee3, Min-Ho Yoon4, Tong-min Sa5
1Mushroom Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Eumseong 55365,
Korea
2Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Yesan 32425, Korea
3Department of Chemistry, Soonchunhyang University, Asan 31538, Korea
4Department of Bio Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
5Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju
28644, Korea
Correspondence to lchanj@korea.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March, 2017, 45(1):43-53.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20170005
Received: 7 September, 2016; Revised: 27 September, 2016; Accepted: 28 September, 2016
Published: March, 2017.
Ⓒ The Korean Society of Mycology
In this study, we analyzed the densities and taxonomic characteristics of various microorganisms that play important roles in Agaricus bisporus culture medium composting, and examined changes in the levels of decomposition-related enzymes secreted by these microorganisms. Various microorganisms such as thermophilic bacteria, actinomycetes, fluorescent Pseudomonas spp., and filamentous bacteria are closely associated with culture medium composts of Agaricus bisporus. The population densities of microorganisms change, and harmful bacteria disappear during thermophilic composting. Psychrobacter sp., Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus sp., and Pseudoxanthomonas sp. accounted for the highest proportion of bacteria in the culture media during outdoor composting, whereas Bacillus sp. and Psychrobacillus sp. were dominant after pasteurization. Cellulose and hemicellulose enzymes of the microorganisms were important at an early stage of rice straw composting and after decomposition of carbon sources, respectively. Microorganisms that secreted these enzymes were present in the second and third turning stage of composting.
Agaricus bisporus, Composting, Microorganism, Rice straw