Previous key-publications by members of our research team

Zervakis, G. & Labarère, J. (1992). Taxonomic relationships within the fungal genus Pleurotus as determined by isoelectric focusing analysis of enzyme patterns. Journal of General Microbiology 138, 635–645.

Zervakis, G., Dimou, D. & Balis, C. (1992). First record of the natural occurrence in Europe of the basidiomycete Pleurotus cystidiosus on a new host. Mycological Research 96, 874–876.

Zervakis, G., Sourdis, J. & Balis, C. (1994). Genetic variability and systematics of eleven Pleurotus species based on isozyme analysis. Mycological Research 98, 329–341.

Iraçabal, B., Zervakis, G. & Labarère, J. (1995). Molecular systematics of the genus Pleurotus: analysis of restriction polymorphisms in ribosomal DNA. Microbiology-SGM 141, 1479–1490.

Zervakis, G., Yiatras, P. & Balis, C. (1996). Edible mushrooms from olive mill wastes. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 38, 237–243.

Zervakis, G. & Balis, C. (1996). A pluralistic approach on the study of Pleurotus species, with emphasis on compatibility and physiology of the European morphotaxa. Mycological Research 100, 717–731.

Zervakis, G., Dimou, D. & Balis, C. (1998). A check-list of the Greek macrofungi, including hosts and biogeographic distribution: I. Basidiomycotina. Mycotaxon 66, 273–336.

Zervakis, G. (1998). Mating competence and biological species within the subgenus Coremiopleurotus. Mycologia 90, 1063–1074.

Zervakis, G., Lizon, P., Dimou, D. & Polemis, E. (1999). Annotated check-list of the Greek macrofungi: II. Ascomycotina. Mycotaxon 72, 487–506.

Venturella, G., Zervakis, G. & La Rocca, S. (2000). Pleurotus eryngii var. elaeoselini var. nov. from Sicily. Mycotaxon 76, 419–427.

Philippoussis, A., Zervakis, G. & Diamantopoulou, P. (2001). Bioconversion of agricultural lignocellulosic wastes through the cultivation of the edible mushrooms Agrocybe aegerita, Volvariella volvacea and Pleurotus spp. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 17, 191–200.

Zervakis, G., Philippoussis, A., Ioannidou, S. & Diamantopoulou, P. (2001). Mycelium growth kinetics and optimal temperature conditions for the cultivation of edible mushroom species on lignocellulosic substrates. Folia Microbiologica 46, 231–234.

Zervakis, G., Venturella, G. & Papadopoulou, K. (2001). Genetic polymorphism and taxonomic relationships of the Pleurotus eryngii species-complex as resolved through the analysis of random amplified DNA patterns, isozyme profiles and ecomorphological characters. Microbiology-SGM 147, 3183–3194.

Zervakis, G. (2001). Mycodiversity in Greece. Bocconea 13, 119–124.

Philippoussis, A., Diamantopoulou, P. & Zervakis, G. (2001). Calcium chloride irrigation influence on yield, calcium content, quality and shelf-life of the white mushroom Agaricus bisporus. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 81, 1447–1454.

Venturella, G., Zervakis, G. & Saitta, A. (2002). Pleurotus eryngii var. thapsiae var. nov. from Sicily. Mycotaxon 81, 69–74.

Dimou, D., Zervakis, G.I. & Polemis, E. (2002). Mycodiversity studies in selected ecosystems of Greece: I. Macrofungi from the southernmost Fagus forest in the Balkans (Oxya Mountain, central Greece). Mycotaxon 82, 177–205.

Zervakis, G.I., Dimou, D., Polemis, E. & Karadelev, M. (2002). Mycodiversity studies in selected ecosystems of Greece: II. Macrofungi associated with conifers in Taygetos Mountain (Peloponnese). Mycotaxon 83, 97–126.       

Aggelis, G., Ehaliotis, C., Nerud, F., Stoychev, I., Lyberatos, G. & Zervakis, G.I. (2002). Evaluation of white-rot fungi for detoxification and decolorization of effluents from the green olives debiterring process. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 59, 353–360.

Zervakis, G.I., Polemis, E. & Dimou, D. (2002). Mycodiversity studies in selected ecosystems of Greece: III. Macrofungi recorded in Quercus forests in southern Peloponnese. Mycotaxon 84, 141–162.

Zervakis, G. & Venturella, G. (2002). Mushroom breeding and cultivation favors ex situ conservation of Mediterranean Pleurotus taxa. In Managing Plant Genetic Diversity, pp. 351–358. Edited by J.M.M. Engels, V. Ramanantha Rao, A.H.D. Brown & M.T. Jackson. IPGRI, CABI Publishing.

Philippoussis, A.N., Diamantopoulou, P.A. & Zervakis, G.I. (2003) Correlation of the properties of several lignocellulosic substrates to the crop performance of the shiitake mushroom Lentinula edodes. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 19, 551–557.

Ehaliotis, C., Zervakis, G., Anoliefo, O., Papadopoulou, K & Kardimaki, A. (2003). The capacity of agricultural soils to auto-regulate bioremediation of olive-mill waste water. In The Utilization of Bioremediation to Reduce Soil Contamination: Problems and Solutions, pp. 353–358. Edited by V. Sasek, J.A. Glaser & P. Baveye (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Zervakis, G. (2004). Molecular systematics, evolution and speciation in higher fungi: the oyster-mushroom genus Pleurotus. In Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution, Vol.2A: Lower Groups, pp. 99–128. Edited by A.K. Sharma et al. Science Publishers, Inc., USA.

Zervakis, G.I., Moncalvo, J.-M. & Vilgalys, R. (2004). Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and speciation of the mushroom species Pleurotus cystidiosus and allied taxa. Microbiology-SGM 150, 715–726.

Zervakis, G.I., Dimou, D. & Polemis, E. (2004). Fungal diversity and conservation in the Mediterranean area: recent advances in the inventory of the Greek macromycetes. Mycologia Balcanica 1, 31–34.

Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G.I., Kavroulakis, N., Ehaliotis, C. & Papadopoulou, K.K. (2004). Bacterial diversity in spent mushroom compost assessed by amplified rDNA restriction analysis and sequencing of cultivated isolates. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 27, 746–754.

Kavroulakis, N., Ehaliotis, C., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G.I. & Papadopoulou, K. (2005). Local and systemic resistance against fungal pathogens of tomato plants elicited by a compost derived from agricultural residues. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 66, 163–174.

Zervakis, G. (2005). Cultivation of the king-oyster mushroom Pleurotus eryngii (DC.:Fr.) Quél. on substrates deriving from the olive-oil industry. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 7, 486-487.

Ntougias, S., Ehaliotis, C., Papadopoulou, K.K. & Zervakis, G. (2006). Application of respiration and FDA–hydrolysis measurements for estimating microbial activity during composting processes. Biology and Fertility of Soils 42, 330–337.

Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G.I., Ehaliotis, C., Kavroulakis, N. & Papadopoulou, K. (2006). Ecophysiology and molecular phylogeny of bacteria isolated from alkaline two-phase olive mill wastes. Research in Microbiology 157, 376–385.

Kavroulakis, N., Papadopoulou, K.K., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G.I. & Ehaliotis, C. (2006). Cytological and other aspects of pathogenesis-related gene expression in tomato plants grown on a suppressive compost. Annals of Botany 98, 555–564.

Ntougias, S., Fasseas, C. & Zervakis, G.I. (2007). Olivibacter sitiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from alkaline olive-oil mill wastes in the region of Sitia, Crete. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, 398–404.

Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G.I. & Fasseas, C. (2007). Halotalea alkalilenta gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from alkaline olive mill wastes, and emended description of the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989, emend. Dobson and Franzmann 1996. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, 1975–1983.

Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G.I., Ehaliotis, C., Haralampidis, K. & Papadopoulou, K.K. (2007). Role of ethylene in the protection of tomato plants against fungal pathogens conferred by an endophytic Fusarium solani strain. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 3853–3864.

Zervakis, G.I. & Venturella, G. (2007). Adverse effects of human activities on the diversity of macrofungi in forest ecosystems. Bocconea 21, 77–84.

Dimou, D.M., Zervakis, G.I. & Polemis, E. (2008). Mycodiversity studies in selected ecosystems of Greece: 4. Macrofungi from Abies cephalonica forests and from other intermixed tree species (Oxya Mt., central Greece). Mycotaxon 104, 39-42. (complete checklist available under http://www.mycotaxon.com/resources/weblists.html, 52 pp.).

Ntougias, S., Papadopoulou, K., Zervakis, G.I., Kavroulakis, N. & Ehaliotis, C. (2008). Suppression of soil-borne pathogens of tomato by composts deriving from agro-industrial wastes abundant in Mediterranean regions. Biology and Fertility of Soils 44, 1081–1090.

Karpouzas, D.G., Rousidou, C., Papadopoulou, K.K., Bekris, F., Zervakis, G.I., Singh B.K. & Ehaliotis, C. (2009). Effect of continuous olive mill wastewater applications, in the presence and absence of N fertilization, on the structure of rhizosphere-soil fungal communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 70, 56–69.

Rousidou, C., Papadopoulou, K., Zervakis, G., Singh B.K., Ehaliotis, C. & Karpouzas, D.G. (2010). Repeated application of diluted olive mill wastewater induces changes in the structure of the soil microbial community. European Journal of Soil Biology 46, 34–40.

Ravash, R., Shiran, B., Alavi, A.-A., Bayat, F., Rajaee, S. & Zervakis, G.I. (2010). Genetic variability and molecular phylogeny of Pleurotus eryngii species-complex isolates from Iran, and notes on the systematics of Asiatic populations. Mycological Progress 9, 181–194.

Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Besi, M., Katsou, P., Damaskinou, A., Ehaliotis, C., Zervakis, G.I. & Papadopoulou, K.K. (2010). Antagonistic bacteria of composted agro-industrial residues exhibit antibiosis against soil-borne fungal plant pathogens and protection of tomato plants from Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici. Plant and Soil 333, 233–247.

Karpouzas, D.G., Ntougias, S., Iskidou, E., Rousidou, C. Papadopoulou, K.K., Zervakis, G.I. & Ehaliotis, C. (2010). Olive mill wastewater affects the structure of soil bacterial communities. Applied Soil Ecology 45, 101–111.

Ntougias, S., Kavroulakis, N., Papadopoulou, K.K., Ehaliotis, C. & Zervakis, G.I. (2010). Characterization of cultivated fungi isolated from grape marc wastes through the use of amplified rDNA restriction analysis and sequencing. The Journal of Microbiology 48, 297–306.

Ouzounidou, G., Zervakis, G.I. & Gaitis, F. (2010). Raw and microbiologically detoxified olive mill waste and their impact on plant growth. Terrestrial and Aquatic Environmental Toxicology 4, 21–38.

Gargano, M.L., Saitta, A., Zervakis, G.I. & Venturella, G. (2011). Building the jigsaw puzzle of the critically endangered Pleurotus nebrodensis: historical collection sites and emended description. Mycotaxon 115: 107–114. doi: 10.5248/115.107.

Stajić M., Glamočlija, J., Maksimović, V., Vukojević, J., Simonić, J. & Zervakis, G. (2011). A comparative assessment of the potential of polysaccharide production and intracellular sugar composition within Lingzhi or Reishi medicinal mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (W.Curt.:Fr.) P. Karst. (Aphyllophoromycetideae). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 13, 153–158.

Polemis, E., Dimou, D.M., Pountzas, L., Tzanoudakis, D. & Zervakis, G.I. (2011). Mycodiversity studies in selected ecosystems of Greece: 5. Basidiomycetes from woods dominated by Castanea sativa (Nafpactia Mts., central Greece). Mycotaxon 115, 535 (complete checklist available in http://www.mycotaxon.com, 16 pp.).

Ouzounidou, G., Ntougias, S., Asfi, M., Gaitis, F. & Zervakis, G.I. (2012). Raw and fungal-treated olive-mill wastewater effects on selected parameters of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) growth – The role of proline. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B 47, 728–735.

Polemis, E., Dimou, D.M., Tzanoudakis, D. & Zervakis, G.I. (2012). Annotated checklist of Basidiomycota (subclass Agaricomycetidae) from the islands of Naxos and Amorgos (Cyclades, Greece). Annales Botanici Fennici 49, 145–161.

Polemis, E., Dimou, D.M., Tzanoudakis, D. & Zervakis, G.I. (2012). Diversity of Basidiomycota (subclass Agaricomycetidae) in the island of Andros (Cyclades, Greece). Nova Hedwigia 95, 25–58.

Ntougias, S., Baldrian, P., Ehaliotis, C., Nerud, F., Merhautová, V. & Zervakis, G.I. (2012). Biodegradation and detoxification of olive mill wastewater by selected strains of the mushroom genera Ganoderma and Pleurotus. Chemosphere 88, 620-626.

Zervakis, G.I., Bekiaris, G. Tarantilis P.A. & Pappas, C.S. (2012). Rapid strain classification and taxa delimitation within the edible mushroom genus Pleurotus through the use of diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy. Fungal Biology 116, 715–728.

Zotti, M., Persiani, A.M., Ambrosio, E., Vizzini, A., Venturella, G., Donnini, D., Angelini, P., Di Piazza, S., Pavarino, M., Lunghini, D., Venanzoni, R., Polemis, E., Granito, V.M., Maggi, O., Gargano, M.L. & Zervakis, G.I. (2013). Macrofungi as ecosystem resources: conservation versus exploitation. Plant Biosystems 147, 219–225.

Ntougias, S., Gaitis, F., Katsaris, P., Skoulika, S., Iliopoulos, N. & Zervakis, G.I. (2013). The effects of olives harvest period and production year on olive mill wastewater properties - Evaluation of Pleurotus strains as bioindicators of the effluent's toxicity. Chemosphere 92, 399–405.

Polemis, E., Dimou, D. & Zervakis, G.I. (2013). The family Hymenochaetaceae (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) in the islands of the Aegean Archipelago (Greece). Plant Biosystems 147, 306–314.

Gargano, M.L., Zervakis, G.I. & Venturella, G., eds. (2013). Pleurotus nebrodensis, a very special mushroom, p. 152 (e-book). Bentham Science Publishers, The Netherlands.

Zervakis, G.I., Koutrotsios, G. & Katsaris, P. (2013). Composted versus raw olive mill waste as substrates for the production of medicinal mushrooms - An assessment of selected cultivation and quality parameters. BioMed Research International, Article ID 546830, 13 pp.; http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/546830.

Denchev, C., Venturella G. & Zervakis, G.I. (eds.) (2013). Textbook on the Identification and Sustainable Exploitation of Wild Edible Mushrooms in Rural Areas, 360 p. TEI of Thessalia, Greece. ISBN 978-960-9510-07-3.

Venturella, G., Zervakis, G.I., Denchev, C.M., Polemis, E., Gargano, M.L. & Denchev, T.T. (2013). Field guide for collecting and identifying wild edible mushrooms. Edited by C. Denchev, G. Venturella & G. Zervakis, 95 p. TEI of Thessalia, Greece. ISBN 978-960-9510-12-7.

Ntougias, S., Lapidus, A., Han, J., Liolios, K., Pati, A., Chen, A., Klenk, H.-P., Woyke, T., Fasseas, C., Kyrpides, N.C. & Zervakis, G.I. (2014). High quality draft genome sequence of Olivibacter sitiensis type strain (AW-6T), a diphenol degrader with genes involved in the catechol pathway. Standards in Genomic Sciences 9, 783–793; doi:10.4056/sigs.5088950.

Koutrotsios, G., Mountzouris, K.C., Chatzipavlidis, I. & Zervakis, G.I. (2014). Bioconversion of lignocellulosic residues by Agrocybe cylindracea and Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom fungi - Assessment of their effect on the final product and spent substrate properties. Food Chemistry 161, 127–135.

Pecoraro, L., Angelini, P., Arcangeli, A., Bistocchi, G., Gargano, M.L., La Rosa, A., Lunghini, D., Polemis, E., Rubini, A., Saitta, A., Venanzoni, R. & Zervakis, G.I. (2014). Macrofungi in Mediterranean maquis along seashore and altitudinal transects. Plant Biosystems 148, 367–376.

Koutrotsios, G. & Zervakis, G.I. (2014). Comparative examination of the olive mill wastewater biodegradation process by various wood-rot macrofungi. BioMed Research International, Article ID 482937, 14 pp.; doi:10.1155/2014/482937.

Zervakis, G.I., Ntougias, S., Gargano, M.L., Besi, M.I., Polemis, E., Typas, M.A. & Venturella, G. (2014). A reappraisal of the Pleurotus eryngii complex – New species and taxonomic combinations based on the application of a polyphasic approach, and an identification key to Pleurotus taxa associated with Apiaceae plants. Fungal Biology 118, 814–834.

Koutrotsios, G., Mountzouris, K. & Zervakis, G.I. (2014). Fungal bioconversions of various lignocellulosic by-products to edible biomass. New Biotechnology 31S, S212.

Ntougias, S., Baldrian, P., Ehaliotis, C., Nerud, F., Merhautová, V. & Zervakis, G.I. (2015). Olive mill wastewater biodegradation potential of white-rot fungi - Mode of action of fungal culture extracts and effects of ligninolytic enzymes. Bioresource Technology 189, 121–130.

Ntougias, S., Lapidus, A., Han, J., Liolios, K., Pati, A., Chen, A., Klenk, H.-P., Woyke, T., Fasseas, C., Kyrpides, N.C. & Zervakis, G.I. (2015). High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of the extremely osmotolerant diphenol degrading bacterium Halotalea alkalilenta AW-7^T, and emended description of the genus Halotalea. Standards in Genomic Sciences 10; doi: 10.1186/s40793-015-0052-7.

Triantafyllou, Μ., Polemis, Ε., Gonou-Zagou, Ζ., Dimou, D.M., Delivorias, P. & Zervakis, G.I. (2015). Taxonomic relationships among non-macrocystidiate taxa of Lactarius subg. Russularia from Europe with special reference to species from Greece. Mycological Progress 14, 78; doi: 10.1007/s11557-015-1101-8.

Zervakis, G.I., Venturella, G., Denchev, C., Fitsilis, P., Gerogiannis, V., Papaefthimiou, S., Georgi, J., Saitta, A., Polemis, E., Denchev, T., Assyov, B. & Gargano, M.L. (2015). Identification and sustainable exploitation of wild edible mushrooms in rural areas (MYCOTICON, LdV-ToI): Development of an innovative training package to meet educational and income-generating demands in south Europe and for improving the use of mushrooms as high-value food. Journal of Biological Research 88, 10 – 11.

Tsapatou, A., Mitsou, E.K., Patsou, M., Koutrotsios, G., Zervakis, G.I. & Kyriacou, A. (2015). Potential prebiotic effect of Pleurotus ostreatus and Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms on human gut microbiota. In Proceedings of the 4th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit, p. 11 (abstract). ESNM, Barcelona.

Vaxevanidou, K., Papadopoulou, A.-L., Papassiopi, N., Koutrotsios G. & Zervakis, G.I. (2015). Effect of culture media in chromate reduction by mushroom fungi. In Proceedings of the 6th European Bioremediation Conference, pp. 307. Edited by Kalogerakis, N., Fava, F. & Manousaki, E. Chania, Greece.

Polemis, E., Kottis, L., Konstantinidis, G. & Zervakis, G.I. (2015). Ectomycorrhizal and other sabulicolous macrofungi from sand dune ecosystems of coastal Greece. In Proceedings of the XVII Congress of European Mycologists, pp. 129–130 (abstract). European Mycological Association. Madeira, Portugal.

Polemis, E., Roberts, P., Dimou, D. & Zervakis, G.I. (2016). Heterobasidiomycetous fungi from Aegean Islands (Greece) – New annotated records for a neglected group. Plant Biosystems 150, 295–303, doi: 10.1080/11263504.2014.984793.

Dimou, D.M., Polemis, E., Konstantinidis, G., Kaounas, V. & Zervakis, G.I. (2016). Diversity of macrofungi in the Greek islands of Lesvos and Agios Efstratios, NE Aegean Sea. Nova Hedwigia 102, 439–475.

Venturella, G., Zervakis, G.I., Polemis, E. & Gargano M.L. (2016). Taxonomic identity, geographic distribution, and commercial exploitation of the culinary-medicinal mushroom Pleurotus nebrodensis (Basidiomycetes). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 18, 59–65.

Venturella, G., Zervakis, G.I., Polemis E. & Gargano, M.L. (2016). Taxonomic notes and critical discussion on the status of Hydnum notarisii (Basidiomycota) through the evaluation of Giuseppe Inzenga’s original study material. Nova Hedwigia 102, 539–546.

Venturella, G., Gargano, M.L., Compagno, R., La Rosa, A., Polemis, E. & Zervakis, G.I. (2016). Diversity of macrofungi and exploitation of edible mushroom resources in the National Park “Appennino Lucano, Val D’Agri, Lagonegrese” (Italy). Plant Biosystems 150, 1030–1037.

Koutrotsios, G., Larou, E., Mountzouris, K. & Zervakis, G.I. (2016). Detoxification of olive mill wastewater and bioconversion of olive crop residues into high-value added biomass by the choice edible mushroom Hericium erinaceus. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 180, 195–209.

El-Gamal, R., Nikolaivits, E., Zervakis, G.I., Abdel-Maksoud, G., Topakas, E. & Christakopoulos, P. (2016). The use of chitosan in protecting wooden artifacts from damage by mold fungi. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 24, 70–78.

Koutrotsios, G., Mountzouris, K. & Zervakis, G.I. (2016). Assessment of production and mushroom quality parameters for exotic mushrooms cultivated on olive residues and wastes. In Science and Cultivation of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Vol. 19, Article 167, p. 531 (eds. J.J.P. Baars & A.S.M. Sonnenberg). ISMS. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Gargano, M.L., van Griensven, L.J.L.D., Isikhuemhen, O.S., Lindequist, U., Venturella, G., Wasser, S.P. & Zervakis, G.I. (2017). Medicinal mushrooms: Valuable biological resources of high exploitation potential. Plant Biosystems 151, 548–565.

Koutrotsios, G., Kalogeropoulos, N., Stathopoulos, P., Kaliora, A. & Zervakis, G.I. (2017). Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity exhibit high intraspecific variability in Pleurotus ostreatus mushrooms and correlate well with cultivation performance parameters. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 33, 98; doi: 10.1007/s11274-017-2262-1.

Fryssouli, V., Polemis, E., Typas M.A. & Zervakis G.I. (2017). Phylogenetic study of European species of the genus Ganoderma (Basidiomycota) through the use of a multigene analysis combined with morphological characters. In Proceedings of the 9th International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference, pp. 22-23. Edited by M.L. Gargano & G. Venturella. Palermo, Italy.

Koutrotsios, G., Kalogeropoulos, N., Kaliora, A., Kaplani, A. & Zervakis, G.I. (2017). Enhancement of bioactive compounds in Pleurotus mushrooms produced on substrates containing olive or wineries by-products – The noteworthy cases of P. eryngii and P. nebrodensis. In Proceedings of the 9th International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference, pp. 62. Edited by M.L. Gargano & G. Venturella. Palermo, Italy.

Zerva, A., Zervakis, G.I., Christakopoulos, P. & Topakas, E. (2017). Degradation of olive mill wastewater by the induced extracellular ligninolytic enzymes of two wood-rot fungi. Journal of Environmental Management 203, 791-798.

Zervakis, G.I. & Koutrotsios, G. (2017). Solid state fermentation of plant residues and agro-industrial wastes for the production of medicinal mushrooms. In Medicinal Plants and Fungi: Recent Advances in Research and Development, in press. Edited by D.C. Agrawal, H.-S. Tsay, L.-F. Shyur, Y.-C. Wu & S.-Y. Wang. Springer Singapore; doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5978-0.