出版社:Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
摘要:Two species of basidiomycetes, Lentinula boryana and Lentinula edodes, were
evaluated for their antibacterial activities, biomass production and growth in
two different culture media. The basidiomycete L. boryana occurs naturally in
the Brazilian territory whilst L. edodes grows in Asia. Mycelia from each
species were incubated in liquid media for 28 days and vacuum-filtered. L.
boryana showed the largest biomass production in both culture media when
compared to L. edodes, which presented significant differences in growth when
cultivated in different culture media. Antibacterial activity of the two species
was evaluated against 10 bacterial species, six of them being of clinical
importance. Both basidiomycetes L. boryana and L. edodes showed antibacterial
activity against B. cereus and S. aureus, although only L. edodes was active
against S. mutans.