Growth of fungi and yeasts in food production waste streams: a feasibility study

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Observations of fungal and yeast growth trials in five food production waste streams

	Time points (days) and waste streams
	¹T2					T7					T14
Species	²Whey	CWS	BSW	PSW	RAS	Whey	CWS	BSW	PSW	RAS	Whey	CWS	BSW	PSW	RAS
Negative control
G. candidum	³+	+		+	+		+	+	+	+	+		+	+
G. fermentans	+			+		+	+	+			+	+	+
G. lucidum	+			+		+	+	+	+		+		+
L. starkeyi							+	+			+	+	+
L. tigrinus	+		+	+		+	+	+	+		+	+		+	+
P. corylophilum			+	+		+	+	+			+	+
P. ostreatus	+		+			+	+	+	+		+	+		+	+
P. restrictum			+	+			+	+			+				+
P. variotii	+		+			+	+	+	+		+				+
T. versicolor	+		+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+		+	+

¹ Observation time points: 2 days (T2), 7 days (T7) and 14 days (T14)
² Cheese whey (Whey), confectionary/bakery waste stream, (CWS), barley steeping water (BSW), broad bean steeping water (PSW), recirculating aquaculture sludge (RAS)
³ Observable increase in fungal biomass (+)

ISSN: 1471-2180