Growth and fruit body formation of Pleurotus ostreatus on media supplemented with inorganic selenium

Abstract

Selenium is a trace mineral chemically related to sulfur and tellurium. In the body selenium combines with protein molecules to form selenoproteins and it is distributed in low concentrations and unequally in air, soil and water all over the world. Edible mushrooms are known to be selenium accumulators. Since mushrooms contain relatively high protein levels, and they can accumulate large amounts of selenium, it is reasonable to expect that selenium could be incorporated into proteins. The growth of mycelia and fruit body formation of different medicinal mushroom strains of Pleurotus ostreatus (Hk-35 and P70) over the wide range of concentrations of inorganic form of selenium were examined. Mushrooms were cultivated on agar base media and on substrates based on sawdust. Vegetative growths of mycelium were measured as colony diameter in pure cultures supplemented with inorganic form of Se supplements, prepared as Na2SeO4 and Na2SeO3 in concentrations of: 1, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100 and 150 mg/l. Inorganic form of Se supplements, showed stimulation effects (in concentration of 1-50 mg/l) and toxic effects in higher concentration. On the standard industrial sawdust based substrate, supplemented with 100 mg/kg Na2SeO4 and Na2SeO3, accumulation of Se in fruit bodies was determined by the method of flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The readings were performed on Varian SpectrAA-10 spectrophotometer equipped with VGA-76. Se as Na2SeO4 and Na2SeO3 was effectively taken up from substrates and accumulated in fruit bodies. Mushrooms accumulated selenium between 120 and 250 mg/kg dry weight. In mushrooms cultivated without Se supplement, Se contents were only about 1 mg/kg and in substrate about 0.1 mg/kg.Selen je esencijelni mikroelement, neophodan u malim kolicinama. Zemljiste na teritoriji Evrope ima nizak sadrzaj selena. Pecurke sadrze relativno visok nivo proteina, te stoga mogu da usvoje visoke koncentracije selena, koji se inkorporira u proteine formirajuci selenoproteine. U radu je ispitivan uticaj veceg broja razlicitih koncentracija neorganskih jedinjenja selena na porast i formiranje plodonosnih tela medicinski znacajne gljive Pleurotus ostreatus (komercijalni sojevi Hk-35 i R70). Porast micelijuma na sladnom agaru pracen je merenjem precnika kolonije ciste kulture obogacene neorganskim jedinjenjima selena. Koriscena neorganska jedinjenja selena, u obliku Na2SeO4 i Na2SeO3 (1-50 mg/l), stimulisala su porast micelijuma, dok su vece koncentracije pokazale razlicit toksican efekat u zavisnosti od koncentracije dodavanog jedinjenja i soja gljive. Pecurke su zatim gajene na hranljivom supstratu obogacenom neorganskim jedinjenjima selena koncentracije do 100 mg/kg. Sadrzaj selena u plodonosnim telima odredjen je pomocu AAS (hidridni metod) nakon vlazne digestije i rezultati su ocitani na VarianSpectarAA-10 spektrofotometru sa VGA-76 (pomocni aparat za isparavanje) LSD testom. Analize su pokazale da su gljive upesno usvojile selen u plodonosnom telu. Totalni sadrzaj selena u plodonosnom telu pecuraka zavisio je od ispitivanog soja i vrste dodavanog jedinjenja. Pleurotus ostreatus je bolje usvojila selen iz Na2SeO3 nego iz Na2SeO4. Koncentracija usvojenog selena se kretala izmedju 120 i 250 mg/kg suve mase. U pecurkama koje su gajene na supstratu bez dodatka selena, sadrzaj selena je iznosio svega oko 1 ?g/g, dok se ova vrednost za cist supstrat kretala oko 0.1 mg/kg.