Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research

ISSN 2736-1756

Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 2015

Available online at http://internationalscholarsjournals.org/journal/ajmr

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Full Length Research Paper

An efficient protoplast isolation and regeneration system in Coprinus comatus

Linhui Li1*, Qingyu Yin1, Xiaohong Liu1 and Hong Yang2

1Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Nanchong City 637009, P. R. China.

2Department of Biochemistry, Xichang College, Xichang City 615022, P. R. China.

Accepted 24 February, 2014

Abstract

An  efficient  protocol  for  protoplast  isolation  and  regeneration  was  first  established  in  Coprinus Comatus. The highest yield of protoplasts was up to 8.9 × 106 cells/ml in digestion solution containing 2.0% lywallzyme and 0.6 M KCl after incubation of four-day-old mycelia at 30°C for 3 h; among which, about 1.4% protoplasts could be regenerated into mycelia after 4 - 6 days of incubation at 25°C in CYM medium with 0.6 M mannitol as osmotic stabilizer. The results are beneficial for breeding new cultivars by the methods such as protoplast fusion, mutagenesis as well as transformation. Moreover, the stepwise procedure for protoplast liberation and regeneration could be referred in other species.

Key words: Coprinus comatus, mycelia, lywallzyme, protoplast, liberation and regeneration.