RT Journal Article
ID 4b04b3a82c949b58
A1 Dighe, Sangita
A1 Agate, A. D.
T1 Antibacterial Activity of Some Indian Mushrooms
JF International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms
JO IJM
YR 2000
FD 2000-06-01
VO 2
IS 2
OP 10
AB The antibacterial activity of 112 mushroom cultures from India was screened, and showed antibacterial activity in 18 cultures belonging to 11 genera. Good antibacterial activity of 9 species from the genera <i>Amanita, Claudopus, Lepista,</i> and <i>Tricholoma</i> was compared, and antibacterial activity was reported for the first time for <i>Claudopus byssisedus</i> and <i>Amanita foetens</i> species. Based on fast rate of growth, easy availability, cultivability, and edibility of the mushroom, in addition to a very low minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), the strain of <i>Lepista nuda</i> was finally selected for further studies and was found to possess a MIC of 0.0042 &mu;g/ml against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and required a pH of 5.2 and temperature of 25&deg;C for maximum production of the antibacterial substance(s). The water-soluble antibacterial substances extracted from the culture filtrate of <i>L. nuda</i> were found to be thermostable and acidic and were identified on the basis of ultraviolet (UV) absorption spectra as polyacetylenic compound(s).
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