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Pool of Biological Resources for Potential Applications in Solid State Fermentation Obtained from a Forest Plantation of <i>Pinus pseudostrobus</i> Lindl, Mexico
Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
Programa Mexicano del Carbono, Texcoco, México
Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
Laboratorio de Bioquímica Genética, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, México
CONACyT-Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, México
Departamento de Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
- 1 Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
- 2 Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
- 3 Programa Mexicano del Carbono, Texcoco, México
- 4 Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
- 5 Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
- 6 Laboratorio de Bioquímica Genética, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, México
- 7 CONACyT-Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, México
- 8 Departamento de Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
- 9 Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
- 10 Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
Advances in Microbiology·Volume 06 (2016)·Pages 1021–1039·Published 7 December 2016·DOI10.4236/aim.2016.614096
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Abstract
A forest plantation, product of the reforestation of pine trees, represented a pool of biological resources for the implementation of a solid state fermentation process. The trees were identified as Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl from which lignocellulosic material in the form of pine needles was collected. Soil fungi, responsible for plant litter decomposition, were cultured at laboratory conditions and tested for their ability to grow on cellulose and hemicellulose as the sole carbon sources. A fungal strain, belonging to the genus Penicillium , was selected for growing it on pine needles as the substrate in a solid state culture. After following the culture for six days, the newly isolated strain exhibited a much higher capacity for spore production and holocellulose degradation, compared to a purchased strain of Penicillium chrysogenum and two control conditions. This work marks the beginning of future studies focused on commercial applications and represents the first report of a biotechnological process based on pine needles and their degradation by an ascomycetes species belonging to the genus Penicillium .
KeywordsForest PlantationSolid State FermentationLignocellulosic MaterialPine NeedlesPlant Litter DecompositionSoil Fungi
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