Progress on molecular biology of Isaria farinosa, pathogen of host of Ophiocordyceps sinensis during the artificial culture / 中国中药杂志

Isaria farinosa is the pathogen of the host of Ophiocordyceps sinensis. The present research has analyzed the progress on the molecular biology according to the bibliometrics, the sequences (including the gene sequences) of I. farinosa in the NCBI. The results indicated that different country had published different number of the papers, and had landed different kinds and different number of the sequences (including the gene sequences). China had published the most number of the papers, and had landed the most number of the sequences (including the gene sequences). America had landed the most numbers of the function genes. The main content about the pathogen study was focus on the biological controlling. The main content about the molecular study concentrated on the phylogenies classification. In recent years some protease genes and chitinase genes had been researched. With the increase of the effect on the healthy of O. sinensis, and the whole sequence and more and more pharmacological activities of I. farinosa being made known to the public, the study on the molecular biology of the I. farinosa would be deeper and wider.

Culture media selection for mass production of Isaria fumosorosea and Isaria farinosa

This work investigated the production of the fungi Isaria fumosorosea and Isaria farinosa in biphasic fermentation using agro-industrial products and residues. Combinations of natural liquid substrates, alternative to the complete medium and potato dextrose medium, were evaluated. The best liquid media were sugarcane molasses + rice broth, rice broth + yeast and sugarcane molasses + yeast + rice broth, which resulted in the highest viable propagule concentration. The molasses + rice broth medium was selected for the next phase of the study in which the production of both fungal isolates was evaluated in solid grain substrates. In solid-state fermentation, the best conidia production was achieved with the soybean meal and broken corn for I. farinosa, and whole rice and broken rice for I. fumosorosea. Results demonstrated that the two fungal species could be rapidly produced with higher yield of conidia on agro-industrial resources by using biphasic fermentation techniques.

Estudou-se a produção dos fungos Isaria fumosorosea (ESALQ1296) e Isaria farinosa (ESALQ1205) em fermentação líquida e sólida utilizando produtos e resíduos agroindustriais. Inicialmente, avaliaram-se combinações de substratos líquidos naturais e alternativos aos meios completo e batata-dextrose. Os meios líquidos mais promissores foram: melaço + caldo de arroz, caldo de arroz + levedura e melaço + levedura + caldo de arroz, pois resultaram nas maiores produções de propágulos viáveis. O meio melaço + caldo de arroz foi selecionado para etapa seguinte do trabalho, na qual se avaliou a produção dos fungos em grãos. A fermentação sólida foi mais eficiente quando se utilizaram os meios de farelo de soja e milho quirela para I. farinosa,e arroz inteiro e arroz quirela para I. fumosorosea. A fermentação bifásica para os fungos estudados a partir desses produtos agroindustriais selecionados proporcionou elevada produção de conídios em curto intervalo de tempo, podendo ser implantada em escala industrial.