Effects of recycling hyper-thermal inoculum by repeated batch cultivation into co-composting of sludge and livestock-poultry manure

Abstract

The enrichment and adaptation of hyper-thermal compost-derived thermophilic inoculum by repeated batch cultivation (RBC) was conducted by investigating bacterial community. The effects of recycling hyper-thermal inoculum by RBC into co-composting were investigated through evaluating the influences of temperature, pH, moisture, C/N ratio, transformation of nitrogen, composting maturity, humification levels and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that RBC enriched the thermophilic bacterial community and nitrogen fixation bacteria of the compost-derived thermophilic inoculum. Simultaneously, recycling the inoculum into co-composting increased the temperature, nitrate nitrogen (NO₃^–-N) and Germination index (GI), and improved the transformation of nitrogen and humification levels. Conclusively, recycling hyper-thermal inoculum by RBC into co-composting can improve the degradation process.

Keywords:

• Acclimation
• thermophilic
• bacterial community
• biodegradability
• biological process

Data availability statement

All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article [and its supplementary information files].^[11,40]

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Funding

This research was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China [No. 2020YFC1806402]; and Major key and core technology research project, Science and Technology Plan of Shenyang in 2020 [No. 20-202-4-37].