Jasraunaq Singh, Harish Jonnalagedda, Mihir Pargaonkar, Shreya Saran, Shanmukha Priya and Neetu Kalra*

School of Biosciences Engineering Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India

*Corresponding Author: Neetu Kalra, School of Biosciences Engineering Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India.

Received: November 20, 2023; Published: December 16, 2023

Abstract

The effect of various nutritional factors on fungal growth in cultures made from over-the-counter perishable items (Nutritional Heterogeneity) was explored in the current set of research, and results were compared with lab-grade/commercial media properly calibrated for its growth. Agaricus bisporus (white button mushroom), an edible basidiomycete (filamentous fungi), was chosen for this purpose because it's easily available along with many other favorable properties. A trade-off between the generation of exoenzymes (for an extracellular breakdown of organic material in nitrogen-lacking settings) or sporulation and its mycelium expansion determines the growth efficiency (amount of biomass generated per unit substrate) of fungal cultures. Fungal Growth and a reduced carbon-to-nitrogen ratio are positively correlated [1]. Growth discrepancies (measured by the rate of increase of surface area) in different noncommercial media can also be explained by the presence of various carbohydrate sources, nitrogen sources, and other compounds. We tested the fungal Growth in both organic (glycine) and inorganic source of nitrogen.

Keywords: Agaricus bisporus; Fungal Growth Media; Non-Commercial; Carbon To Nitrogen Ratio; Organic/Inorganic Source Of Nitrogen; Surface Area

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Citation

Citation: Neetu Kalra., et al. “Measuring the Rate of Fungal Surface Area Spread in Homogenous Commercial and Heterogenous Non-Commercial Media".Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 8.1 (2024): 34-40.

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