Objective To establish a solution for fungal culturomics in food by comparing the performance of 3 fungal culture media and optimising fungal culturomics techniques. Methods The 24 food samples and 2 proficiency test samples were tested using commonly used fungal culture media for food testing, including potato dextrose agar (PDA), rose Bengal agar, and a novel Pan Fungi medium (PF). The cultured fungi were isolated and identified using matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Results Yeast phase fungi could grow well on all 3 kinds of media, and the colony growth rate, colony morphology size and colony numbers had no significant difference. Filamentous fungi were able to grow well on the 3 kinds of medias, but growth rate and colony morphology were significantly different. There were 12 kinds of fungal species identified in the 24 samples, including 2 kinds of yeast phase fungi and 10 kinds of filamentous fungi. Conclusion With excellent accuracy and stability and self-limited growth of cultured colonies, PF fungal medium is favourable for isolation and identification of single colonies, and can be used as a supplement to the commonly used fungal medium for fungal culturomics studies in food.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |