title: Selection of Superior Strains of Cordyceps militaris with Enhanced Fruiting Body Productivity.
abstract: In vitro fruiting bodies were produced from ten different isolates of Cordyceps militaris EFCC C-5736, EFCC C-5941, EFCC C-5976, EFCC C-6040, EFCC C-6849, EFCC C-7268, EFCC C-7342, EFCC C-7992, EFCC C-8027 and EFCC C-8549. Single ascospores were isolated from in vitro grown fruiting bodies and used for fruiting body production in brown rice medium by both intra-strain crossing and out-crossing. Length and dry wt. of stromata grown in vitro were measured. Strains producing highest dry wt. of stromata were selected. Both intra-strain crossings and inter-strain crossings of single ascospore strains were found to produce profuse fruiting bodies of C. militaris.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology and Entomopathogenic Fungal Culture Collection (EFCC), Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Mo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Young-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Je-O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sang-Kuk
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Won-Ho
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung-Keun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Bhushan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shrestha
keywords: Biological efficiency; Cordyceps militaris; Inter-strain crossing; Intra-strain crossing; Mating type
references.citation: Mycobiology. 2005 Dec;33(4):178-81
references.pmid: 24049497
references.citation: Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1997 Feb;22(2):111-3, inside back cover
references.pmid: 10743207
references.citation: J Appl Microbiol. 2005;99(4):728-38
references.pmid: 16162223
references.citation: Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2004 May;25(5):657-65
references.pmid: 15132834
references.citation: Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Aug;69(8):5019-22
references.pmid: 12902305
references.citation: J Ethnopharmacol. 2005 Jan 15;96(3):555-61
references.pmid: 15619578
references.citation: Mycobiology. 2005 Sep;33(3):125-30
references.pmid: 24049487
references.citation: FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2004 Aug 15;237(2):205-12
references.pmid: 15321663
references.citation: FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2005 Sep 1;250(1):145-50
references.pmid: 16055279
references.citation: Cell Biochem Funct. 2000 Jun;18(2):93-7
references.pmid: 10814966