African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Cultivation of Pleurotus mushrooms in substrates obtained by short composting and steam pasteurization

Félix G. de Siqueira1, William P. Maciel2, Emerson T. Martos2, Gilvan C. Duarte3, Robert N. G. Miller4, Romildo da Silva2 and Eustáquio S. Dias2*      
1 Laboratory of Enzimology and Microbiology Industrial - LEMI, Federal University of Bahia – UFBA, Campus Anisio Teixeira, Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. 2Laboratory of Edible Mushroom, Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras - UFLA, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 3Department of Biology, Federal University of Tocantins - UFT, Campus Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil. 4Department of Cellular Biology, University of Brasilia – UnB, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.  
Email: [email protected].

  •  Accepted: 10 May 2012
  •  Published: 31 July 2012