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  1. FTIR assessment of compositional changes in lignocellulosic wastes during cultivation of Cyclocybe cylindracea mushrooms and use of chemometric models to predict production performance

    Article • Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  2. Accumulation of heavy metals by wild edible mushrooms with respect to soil substrates in the Athens metropolitan area (Greece)

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  3. Phylogeny, ecology and distribution of the rare Mediterranean species Lactarius pseudoscrobiculatus (Basidiomycota, Russulales)

    Article • Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  4. Prediction of indigenous Pseudomonas spp. growth on oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) as a function of storage temperature

    Article • LWT, August 2019, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Efstathios Z Panagou, Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  5. Valorization of Olive By-Products as Substrates for the Cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum and Pleurotus ostreatus Mushrooms with Enhanced Functional and Prebiotic Properties

    Article • Catalysts, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  6. Trace Elements in Pleurotus Ostreatus, P. Eryngii, and P. Nebrodensis Mushrooms Cultivated on Various Agricultural By-Products

    Article • Analytical Letters, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  7. Pleurotus opuntiae revisited – An insight to the phylogeny of dimitic Pleurotus species with emphasis on the P. djamor complex

    Article • Fungal Biology, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  8. Tuber pulchrosporum sp. nov., a black truffle of the Aestivum clade (Tuberaceae, Pezizales) from the Balkan peninsula

    Article • MycoKeys, February 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  9. Diversity of saproxylic basidiomycetes in Quercus ilex woodlands of central and insular Greece

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Vassiliki Fryssouli, Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  10. Rare earth elements concentration in mushroom cultivation substrates affects the production process and fruit-bodies content of Pleurotus ostreatus and Cyclocybe cylindracea

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  11. Toward an Increased Functionality in Oyster (Pleurotus) Mushrooms Produced on Grape Marc or Olive Mill Wastes Serving as Sources of Bioactive Compounds

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, June 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  12. Degradation of olive mill wastewater by the induced extracellular ligninolytic enzymes of two wood-rot fungi

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  13. Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity exhibit high intraspecific variability in Pleurotus ostreatus mushrooms and correlate well with cultivation performance parameters

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  14. Medicinal mushrooms: Valuable biological resources of high exploitation potential

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  15. The use of chitosan in protecting wooden artifacts from damage by mold fungi

    Article • Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  16. Detoxification of Olive Mill Wastewater and Bioconversion of Olive Crop Residues into High-Value-Added Biomass by the Choice Edible Mushroom Hericium erinaceus

    Article • Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  17. Diversity of macrofungi in the Greek islands of Lesvos and Agios Efstratios, NE Aegean Sea

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, May 2016, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  18. Taxonomic notes and critical discussion on the status of Hydnum notarisii (Basidiomycota) through the evaluation of Giuseppe Inzenga's original study material

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, May 2016, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  19. Taxonomic relationships among non-macrocystidiate taxa of Lactarius subg. Russularia from Europe with special reference to species from Greece

    Article • Mycological Progress, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  20. High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of the extremely osmotolerant diphenol degrading bacterium Halotalea alkalilenta AW-7T, and emended description of the genus Halotalea

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  21. Olive mill wastewater biodegradation potential of white-rot fungi – Mode of action of fungal culture extracts and effects of ligninolytic enzymes

    Article • Bioresource Technology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  22. Diversity of macrofungi and exploitation of edible mushroom resources in the National Park “Appennino Lucano, Val D'Agri, Lagonegrese” (Italy)

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  23. Heterobasidiomycetous fungi from Aegean Islands (Greece): New annotated records for a neglected group

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, December 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  24. Bioconversion of lignocellulosic residues by Agrocybe cylindracea and Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom fungi – Assessment of their effect on the final product and spent substrate properties

    Article • Food Chemistry, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  25. 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

    Article • Fungal Biology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  26. High quality draft genome sequence of Olivibacter sitiensis type strain (AW-6T), a diphenol degrader with genes involved in the catechol pathway

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  27. Macrofungi in Mediterranean maquis along seashore and altitudinal transects

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Lorenzo Pecoraro, Dr. Georgios Zervakis, Professor Paola Angelini

  28. Comparative Examination of the Olive Mill Wastewater Biodegradation Process by Various Wood-Rot Macrofungi

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  29. Pleurotus nebrodensis A Very Special Mushroom

    Article • November 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  30. Cultivation and Nutritional Value of Pleurotus nebrodensis

    Article • November 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  31. Market Outlook, Production Chain and Technological Innovation for Pleurotus nebrodensis mushrooms

    Article • November 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  32. The Genus Pleurotus (Fr.) P. Kumm. (Pleurotaceae) in Europe

    Article • November 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  33. 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

    Article • Chemosphere, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  34. The family Hymenochaetaceae (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) in the islands of the Aegean Archipelago (Greece)

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  35. Macrofungi as ecosystem resources: Conservation versus exploitation

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis, Professor Paola Angelini

  36. Composted versus Raw Olive Mill Waste as Substrates for the Production of Medicinal Mushrooms: An Assessment of Selected Cultivation and Quality Parameters

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  37. Diversity of Basidiomycota (subclass Agaricomycetidae) in the island of Andros (Cyclades, Greece)

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, August 2012, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  38. Raw and fungal-treated olive-mill wastewater effects on selected parameters of lettuce (Lactuca sativaL.) growth – The role of proline

    Article • Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B, August 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  39. Biodegradation and detoxification of olive mill wastewater by selected strains of the mushroom genera Ganoderma and Pleurotus

    Article • Chemosphere, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  40. Rapid strain classification and taxa delimitation within the edible mushroom genus Pleurotus through the use of diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy

    Article • Fungal Biology, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  41. Building the jigsaw puzzle of the critically endangered Pleurotus nebrodensis: historical collection sites and an emended description

    Article • Mycotaxon, May 2011, Mycotaxon, Ltd.

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  42. 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)

    Article • International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, January 2011, Begell House

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  43. Characterization of cultivated fungi isolated from grape marc wastes through the use of amplified rDNA restriction analysis and sequencing

    Article • The Journal of Microbiology, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  44. Olive mill wastewater affects the structure of soil bacterial communities

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  45. 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

    Article • Plant and Soil, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  46. Repeated application of diluted olive mill wastewater induces changes in the structure of the soil microbial community

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis, Professor Brajesh K Singh

  47. Effect of continuous olive mill wastewater applications, in the presence and absence of nitrogen fertilization, on the structure of rhizosphere-soil fungal communities

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, December 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis, Professor Brajesh K Singh

  48. Genetic variability and molecular phylogeny of Pleurotus eryngii species-complex isolates from Iran, and notes on the systematics of Asiatic populations

    Article • Mycological Progress, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  49. Suppression of soil-borne pathogens of tomato by composts derived from agro-industrial wastes abundant in Mediterranean regions

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, June 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  50. Role of ethylene in the protection of tomato plants against soil-borne fungal pathogens conferred by an endophytic Fusarium solani strain

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, November 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  51. 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

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, September 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  52. Olivibacter sitiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from alkaline olive-oil mill wastes in the region of Sitia, Crete

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, February 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  53. Cytological and Other Aspects of Pathogenesis-related Gene Expression in Tomato Plants Grown on a Suppressive Compost

    Article • Annals of Botany, July 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  54. The use of hydroxyl-radical-generating systems for the treatment of olive mill wastewaters

    Article • Folia Microbiologica, July 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  55. Ecophysiology and molecular phylogeny of bacteria isolated from alkaline two-phase olive mill wastes

    Article • Research in Microbiology, May 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  56. Residues and by-products of olive-oil mills for root-zone heating and plant nutrition in organic vegetable production

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  57. Application of respiration and FDA hydrolysis measurements for estimating microbial activity during composting processes

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  58. Local and systemic resistance against fungal pathogens of tomato plants elicited by a compost derived from agricultural residues

    Article • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, May 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  59. Bacterial Diversity in Spent Mushroom Compost Assessed by Amplified rDNA Restriction Analysis and Sequencing of Cultivated Isolates

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, December 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  60. Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  61. Evaluation of white-rot fungi for detoxification and decolorization of effluents from the green olive debittering process

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  62. Article • Genetica, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  63. Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis

  64. Calcium chloride irrigation influence on yield, calcium content, quality and shelf-life of the white mushroomAgaricus bisporus

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, January 2001, Wiley

    Dr. Georgios Zervakis