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- Title
ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF SEVERAL XYLOTROPHIC MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS AGAINST FILAMENTOUS FUNGI - POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS.
- Authors
Sakeyan, C. Z.
- Abstract
The antagonistic/antifungal activity of mycelia of wood inhabiting medicinal mushrooms Daedalea quercina, Fomes fomentarius, Ganoderma applanatum, G. lucidum, Laetiporus sulphureus, Piptoporus betulinus (Aphyllophorales) against test-microfungi Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus wentii, Fusarium tricinctum, Penicillium griseofulvum and Microsporum gypseum (potentially pathogenic for humans and animals) have been investigated. The experiment was carried out under dual-culture condition on potatodextrose agar (pH=6, 25°C). Two main types of mycelial interactions between contacting colonies of macro- and filamentous fungi were observed: deadlock (mutual inhibition at the distance or at the contact) and replacement (partial or complete overgrowth after deadlock reaction). The tested micro fungi were overgrown by mushrooms in 68.5%, whereas mutual inhibition was recorded in 31.5% of cases. According to the index of antagonism, P. betulinus and F. fomentarius revealed the highest antifungal activity.
- Publication
Electronic Journal of Natural Sciences, 2006, Vol 6, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
1728-791X
- Publication type
Academic Journal