Iron Or Zinc Bioaccumulated In Mycelial Biomass Of Edible Basidiomycetes

Abstract Iron and zinc bioaccumulation in mycelial biomass of different medicinal basidiomycetes was evaluated in order to produce metal-enriched mycelial biomass as an alternative functional food from non-animal sources and based on biotechnology processes. Pleurotus ostreatus strain U2-9, U2-11, U6-8, and U6-9, Pleurotus eryngii strain U8-11, Schizophyllum commune strain U6-7, and Lentinula edodes strain U6-11 and U6-12 were grown in malt extract agar with or without addition of 50 mg/L iron or 7.5 mg/L zinc. The mycelial biomass was separated and iron and zinc concentrations were determined in a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Basidiomycete strains presented different growth rates with the presence of iron and zinc; there was no dependence between the metal bioaccumulation and the fungal growth. The fungi presented greater capacity to bioaccumulate iron than zinc. P. ostreatus (U2-9) has greater iron bioaccumulation (3197.7 mg/kg) while P. ostreatus (U6-8) greater zinc bioaccumulation (440.4 mg/kg) in mycelial biomass. P. ostreatus (U2-9), P. ostreatus (U2-11), and S. commune (U6-7) had the highest metal translocation rates from the culture medium to mycelial biomass. The mycelial biomass enriched with iron or zinc is an alternative to a new functional food from non-animal sources.

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Main Authors: UMEO,SUZANA H., FARIA,MARIA GRACIELA I., DRAGUNSKI,DOUGLAS C., VALLE,JULIANA S. DO, COLAUTO,NELSON B., LINDE,GIANI ANDREA
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2020
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652020000400707
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