Table 1.
Effect of carbon source and concentration on P. ostreatus mycelial growth.
| Supplementation |
Mycelial colony diameter
(mm/6 days) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Carbon sources | Concentration (%) | |
| Control | — | 23.50 ± 0.44bc |
|
| ||
| Fructose | 2 | 53.57 ± 0.55h |
| 4 | 54.50 ± 1.13hi | |
| 6 | 45.07 ± 1.01g | |
| 8 | 34.43 ± 0.81de | |
|
| ||
| Glucose | 2 | 55.73 ± 1.36hi |
| 4 | 37.03 ± 1.36ef | |
| 6 | 36.60 ± 1.71ef | |
| 8 | 33.10 ± 1.39d | |
|
| ||
| Maltose | 2 | 53.70 ± 1.85h |
| 4 | 57.33 ± 0.91i | |
| 6 | 53.43 ± 0.81h | |
| 8 | 42.17 ± 0.85g | |
|
| ||
| Sorbose | 2 | 38.17 ± 0.15f |
| 4 | 25.17 ± 1.04c | |
| 6 | 21.37 ± 2.11b | |
| 8 | 16.43 ± 0.78a | |
|
| ||
| Sucrose | 2 | 54.83 ± 0.78hi |
| 4 | 61.27 ± 0.93j | |
| 6 | 61.03 ± 0.40j | |
| 8 | 53.43 ± 0.81h | |
Note: Values are means ± SD of triplicate samples. Values within the mycelial colony diameter column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 according to Duncan's multiple range test.