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... This study investigates the waste cardboard (WCB) fungal pretreatment (Oligoporus placenta and Tremetes hirsuta) under monoculture and mixed culture and then composting for 35 d after mixing with cow dung in different ratios. Fungal pretreatment caused significant reduction in cellulose (28.3–35.8%), hemicellulose (61.4–68.4%), lignin (67.5–69.3%) content in WCB. Pretreated WCB showed better rates ...
... Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) can convert wet biomass into hydrochar (HC), a solid carbonaceous material exploitable as fuel. In this study, HTC was applied to anaerobic digestate from cow manure. HCs obtained at three HTC temperatures (180, 220, 250 °C) were characterized in detail and their combustion behavior was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) coupled with peak deconvolutio ...
Clarisse Uwineza; Amir Mahboubi; Amelia Atmowidjojo; Alya Ramadhani; Steven Wainaina; Ria Millati; Rachma Wikandari; Claes Niklasson; Mohammad J. Taherzadeh
Aspergillus oryzae; acetic acid; anaerobic digestion; biomass production; circular economy; cow manure; food waste; fungi; pH; single cell protein
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... In a circular economy approach, edible filamentous fungi (single cell protein) can be cultivated on volatile fatty acids (VFAs) derived from anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic-rich waste streams. In this study, the effect of pH, concentration/distribution of VFAs, nutrient supplementation, and type of waste on Aspergillus oryzae cultivation on synthetic VFAs, and actual VFAs derived from AD of fo ...
... The decomposition and transformation of organic matters during composting process are performed by various microorganisms. However, the bacterial communities and their functions usually vary with composting materials. Here the dominant bacterial genera and their functions were identified at the thermophilic phase during composting of mulberry branches with silkworm excrement (MSE), pig manure (MPM ...
... The effects of the functional membrane covering on the gas emissions and bacterial community during dairy cow manure aerobic composting were investigated. A lab-scale aerobic composting experiment was conducted with the control group (CK), Gore group (Gore), and ZT group (ZT), namely, without and with two functional membranes. Covering the functional membrane retained heat and improved the seed ge ...
Arthrobacter; Lantana camara; Microbacterium; anaerobic digesters; bioaugmentation; biogas; biomass; cow manure; endo-1,4-beta-glucanase; gas production (biological); inoculum; methane; pH; soil
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... A study was designed to isolate cellulolytic bacteria from termite-gut and soil, optimizing their cellulase production to enhance biogas generation, using Lantana camara as a substrate. Out of 57 bacteria screened, two isolates DSB1 and DSB12, showed significant cellulolytic activity. 16S rRNA based methods identified these isolates as Microbacterium sp. and Arthrobacter sp. respectively. Maximum ...
... Genotoxicity-based assessments of vermitechnology for textile-sludge valorization have rarely been attempted. Therefore, waste sanitization and epigenetic stress-regulation efficiency of Eisenia fetida and Eudrilus eugeniae were evaluated in silk (DSPS) and cotton (CPWS) processing sludge-based vermibeds. Vermicomposting resulted in greater C, N, and P recovery than composting. Earthworm populatio ...
... This study aimed to investigate the effect of bioaugmentation on microbial community and function in a continuous anaerobic process treating lignocellulosic cow manure. One reactor (Rb) received bioaugmentation dosage for a certain period (d100-d170) and stopped afterward (d170-d220), while the same applied to the control (Rc) except sterilized bioaugmentation dosage was introduced. Samples were t ...
... High solid anaerobic digestion has become the mainstream technology for sustainable on-farm treatment of solid wastes but has not been optimized with respect to increasing solid content in cow manure (CM). In the present study, CM was batch digested at total solid (TS) of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% and microbial communities were investigated. The process remained stable up to 15% TS. The biomethane prod ...
... Vermitransformation of coir pith (CP) into enriched vermifertilizer has been achieved by amending a green-manure plant, Sesbania sesban (SS) for the first time, and cow dung (CD) in five different combinations: T1₍₁:₀:₁₎, T2₍₄:₃:₃₎, T3₍₅:₃:₂₎, T4₍₅:₄:₁₎ and T5₍₁:₁:₀₎. The substrates were 28 days precomposted with Pleurotus sajor-caju followed by 50 days vermicomposting with Eisenia fetida and Eudr ...
... The fate of intracellular antibiotic resistance genes (iARGs), extracellular ARGs (eARGs) and bacteriophage ARGs (bARGs) during anaerobic digestion (AD) of cow manure is unclear. Thus, the characteristics of iARGs, eARGs and bARGs during mesophilic AD (MAD) and thermophilic AD (TAD) of cow manure were investigated. The absolute abundances of iARGs decreased by 69.82% after TAD. After MAD and TAD, ...
... Sustainable and economical wastewater treatment forms a vital step towards long-term sustainability of petrochemical refineries and industries. An affordable solution to this challenge is to employ biowaste as the key consumable active component. This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of activated biochar derived from cow-dung, a readily available raw material in low-resource sett ...
... The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the vermicomposting potential of two cruciferous vegetables' residual biomasses under laboratory conditions. Cabbage and cauliflower residual biomasses were spiked with 60% cow dung and vermicomposted for 90 days. The results showed a decrease in pH (5.3–9.8%), Total Organic Carbon (36.7–42.8%); increase in Electrical Conductivity (33–99.4%) an ...
... The objectives of this study were to investigate the degradation characteristics of different microplastics (polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)) and their effect on the bacterial community during composting. In this study, 0.5% PE, 0.5% PVC and 0.5% PHA microplastics were individually added to the mixture of cow manure and sawdust and then composted for 60 day ...
... Humus is the final product of humus precursors (HPS) during the humification process, while the associated mechanisms of humus formation have not been clarified. Here, the HPS degradation intermediate and core fungal function for wheat straw and chicken manure compost (SCM), cow dung compost (CD), Chinese traditional medicine residue compost (CTM) and mushroom dreg and chicken manure compost (MCM) ...
... Vermicomposting eco-friendly converts lignocellulosic wastes into bio-organic fertilizer. Cellulose is the most abundant carbohydrate in lignocellulose. Glycoside hydrolase family 6 (GH₆) plays a key role in the early step of cellulose degradation, which is essential for stabilizing lignocellulose. This study intends to quantify the abundance of GH₆ gene and to clarify the succession of GH₆ cellul ...
... Vermicomposting is a biological process for efficient cattle manure treatment, but the vermicomposting time determines the quality of the vermicompost. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of cattle manure vermicomposting time on earthworm biomass and the changes in physical, chemical, and biological in properties of the vermicompost. The cattle manure was inoculated with Eisenia ...
... Biotransformation of monogastric (Elephas maximus) and ruminant (Bos taurus) excrements with Eudrilus eugeniae was assessed by establishing five different treatments in triplicate: 100% elephant dung (T1), 50% elephant dung + 50% garden soil (T2), 50% elephant dung + 50% cow dung (T3), 100% cow dung (T4) and 50% cow dung + 50% garden soil (T5) and maintained for 90 days under experimental conditio ...
... Long-term acclimatization of anaerobic sludge was conducted by operating a mesophilic continuously stirred anaerobic reactor (CSTR) with continuous feeding of food wastes (FW) and cow manure (CM). During the long-term acclimatization, continued increase of enzyme activity was revealed, while the microbial structure tended stable as shown by the Shannon index and microbial community. By biomethane ...
... With the aims of exploring the effectiveness of Cu(II) adsorption performed by cow manure biochars (CMBCs) for the treatment and recycling of livestock wastes, the physicochemical characteristics and Cu(II) adsorption behaviors of CMBCs at various pyrolysis temperatures (T) were analyzed. CMBCs displayed surface heterogeneity and the dominant Cu(II) adsorption reactions were chemical adsorption, i ...