%0 Journal Article
%T Mycelial Growth of <i>Pleurotus</i> Spp in Se-Enriched  Culture Media
%A Marliane de C¨¢ssia Soares da Silva
%A Mateus Dias Nunes
%A Jose Maria Rodrigues da Luz
%A Maria Catarina Megumi Kasuya
%J Advances in Microbiology
%P 11-18
%@ 2165-3410
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aim.2013.38A003
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Selenium (Se) is an essential element to human. However, this element
can be in low content in soil of some regions. Se deficiency may cause Keshan disease,
thyroid dysfunction and osteoarthritis. The Se-enriched cereals are an interesting
way to prevent these diseases. But, recent studies have</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">shown that Se-enriched
mushrooms are a better Se source. This occurs due to the high capacity of the fungi
to absorb and transform the inorganic Se to organic forms, which are more bioavailable. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pleurotus</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ostreatus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pleurotus</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">eryngii</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> are mushrooms species worldwide consumed
and able to Se bioaccumulate. However, depend</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">ing</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> on the level of this
element, it can be toxic for the fungus. Here we showed that the presence of the
Se in culture medium decrease</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">s</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> fungal growth rate, hyphae diameter and septum
distance and causes alteration in color of colony. A garlic strong smell was directly
proportional to Se level. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P.</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">eryngii</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> was more tolerant to Se than </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">P.</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ostreatus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.
So, it is important to screen</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">this element level for Se-enriched mushroom production.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p></o:p></span> 
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%K Mushrooms
%K Colony Morphology
%K Food
%K Sodium Selenite
%K Hyphae Diameter
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=41268