Cattle and Pig Manure and Peat Cocomposting in a Drum Composting System: Microbiological and Chemical Parameters

Changes in the microbial community structure during thermophilic composting of manure as detected by the quinone profile method

“…The microbial communities in thermophilic composting have been studied using culture methods [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Although different kinds of raw materials have been used, similar results have been obtained, i.e.…”

“…The temperature usually rises to over 50 • C during the process, and the maximum desirable composting temperature is considered to be 60 • C, based on microbial species diversity and the rate of decomposition [2]. The temperature rise is important for public health, as pathogens in the compost are destroyed during the thermophilic composting process [1,3,4]. The microbial community structure changes successively during the composting process.…”

Quality assessment of composts in the Greek market: The need for standards and quality assurance

“…Colonies were randomly isolated and microscopically examined (Gram-bacilli, oxidase negative). For the fecal streptococci the Slanetz and Bartley medium was used as described by Vuorinen and Saharinen (1999). Colonies were randomly isolated and microscopically examined (GramC cocci, catalase negative).…”

A study on biodegradation of coir pith using microbial consortium

“…The presence of mycelium (fungal growth) is evidence of a poor composting process (Inbar et al, 1990). It is generally suggested that as the compost stabilizes, it darkens to a dark brown or black color (Vuorinen and Saharinen, 1999).…”