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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 96, Issue 4, Pages 863-873Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4446-9
Keywords
Spent mushroom substrate; Spent mushroom compost; Lignocellulosic enzyme; Bioremediation; Animal feed; Energy feedstock
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- University of Malaya
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) [01-02-03-1002, 01-02-03-0143]
- Postgraduate Research Grant [PV007/2012A]
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Mushroom industries generate a virtually in-exhaustible supply of a co-product called spent mushroom substrate (SMS). This is the unutilised substrate and the mushroom mycelium left after harvesting of mushrooms. As the mushroom industry is steadily growing, the volume of SMS generated annually is increasing. In recent years, the mushroom industry has faced challenges in storing and disposing the SMS. The obvious solution is to explore new applications of SMS. There has been considerable discussion recently about the potentials of using SMS for production of value-added products. One of them is production of lignocellulosic enzymes such as laccase, xylanase, lignin peroxidase, cellulase and hemicellulase. This paper reviews scientific research and practical applications of SMS as a readily available and cheap source of enzymes for bioremediation, animal feed and energy feedstock.
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