Physiological Studies on Pholiota Destruens (Brond) Gillet - 1. Carbon Utilization

TLDR: In this article, the authors investigated the carbon utilisation at four different strains of Pholiota destruens (Brond) Gillet and found that each strain exhibited an individual pattern of carbon utilization.

Abstract: Investigations on the carbon utilisation at 4 different strains of Pholiota destruens (Brond) Gillet was undertaken Three of the cultures were isolated from the different selected study sites of Kashmir Valley (India) however, the fourth strain was imported from Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique Bordeaux (France) Twelve carbon sources namely glucose, fructose, mannose (Hexoses). sucrose, lactose (Disaccharides), raffinose (Trisaccharide), starch dextrin (Polysaccharide), mannitol, glycerol (Polyhydric alcohol) tartaric acid, citric acid (Organic acid) were used in the present study however, a carbon free medium was used as control Maximum biomass of the fungus was obtained under starch treatment in all the 4 strains Mannose was found to be the best among hexoses group Glycerol was found the best among polyhydric alcohols Organic acids were not utilized by the fungus Each strain exhibited an individual pattern of carbon utilization.