ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research ISSN 2241-9837 Vol. 12 (11), pp. 001-004, November, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Corncob is the optimum carbon resource for the growth of Tremella aurantialba
Zhi-Cai Zhang*, Mingxia Chen, Xin Li and Wangli Shen
School of Food Science and Bio-Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China.
Accepted 26 July, 2018
Abstract
The minimum medium without carbon source was used to investigate the effects of five kinds of hexoses, four kinds of pentose, four kinds of bi-saccharide and three kinds of polysaccharides on Tremella aurantialba growth. The result demonstrated that (1) The fittest carbon source of T. aurantialba was the five-carbon aldose in all the tested monosaccharides; (2) Polysaccharides linked with -1,4-glycosyl bond is fitter for the growth of T. aurantialba than that linked with -1,4-glycosyl bond (3) Corncob, which contained abundant poly-xyloses linked with -1,4-glycosyl bond, is the fittest for growth of T. aurantialba. The reaction system of -1,4-glycosidase was employed to study the reason that the polysaccharides linked in -1,4-glycosyl bond is fitter for growth of T. aurantialba. The result showed that T. aurantialba broth can inhibit the activity of -1,4-glycosidase produced by T. aurantialba.
Key words: Tremella aurantialba, glycosyl bond, carbon source, aldose, ketose.