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SUBMITTER: Jurak E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4593547 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jurak Edita E Punt Arjen M AM Arts Wim W Kabel Mirjam A MA Gruppen Harry H
PloS one 20151005 10
In wheat straw based composting, enabling growth of Agaricus bisporus mushrooms, it is unknown to which extent the carbohydrate-lignin matrix changes and how much is metabolized. In this paper we report yields and remaining structures of the major components. During the Phase II of composting 50% of both xylan and cellulose were metabolized by microbial activity, while lignin structures were unaltered. During A. bisporus' mycelium growth (Phase III) carbohydrates were only slightly consumed and ...[more]