Abstract:
A culture medium composition and a method for producing hypha and extracellular polysaccharides are provided to mass-produce the hypha and extracellular polysaccharides of Fomitopsis pinicola under optimum culturing conditions. A culture medium composition for producing hypha of Fomitopsis pinicola comprises 3-4 weight/volume% of glucose, 0.4-0.6 weight/volume% of yeast extract, 0.05-0.15 weight/volume% of malt extract, 0.05-0.15 weight/volume% of K2HPO4 and 0.03-0.05 weight/volume% of MgSO4.7H2O. A method for producing hypha and extracellular polysaccharide comprises a step of culturing the Fomitopsis pinicola in the culture medium at a temperature of 25±0.5 deg.C under the pH of 5.8-6.2 using a shaking incubator with the speed of 140-150 rpm.