Recently, there had been many reports on ethanol fermentation by mushrooms. This study was initiated to screening of ethanol fermentation by mushroom mycelilal cultures preserved in Culture Collection and DNA Bank of Mushrooms in the Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University. The experimental results showed that ethanol concentration produced by Cerrena unicolor, Trametes pubescens and Daedalea dickinsii, Microporus vernicipes and Perenniporia fraxinea in the glucose medium ranged from 2.3∼4.7%. The highest ethanol concentration was obtained from fermentation of glucose by Cerrena unicolor (4.7%). Some of the mushrooms used in this study have a good ability to efficiently ferment arabinose, fructose, mannose, cellobiose, maltose and sucrose . The highest ethanol concentration was obtained under semi-aerobic condition compared with aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The media used for ethanol fermentation by T. pubescens and P. fraxinea. contained small amounts of β -D-glucan, which is known to have anti-tumor activity.

• Do Bin Shin(Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University)
• Trung Kien Nguyen( Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University) | Trung Kien Nguyen
• Kyung Rim Lee( Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University) | Kyung Rim Lee
• Mi Ja Shim( Department of Life Sciences, University of Seoul) | Mi Ja Shim
• Min Woong Lee( Department of Life Sciences, Dongguk University) | Min Woong Lee
• Kyung Hoan Im( Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University) | Kyung Hoan Im
• Tae Soo Lee( Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University) | Tae Soo Lee