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JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 98, Issue 1, Pages 20-27Publisher
SOC BIOSCIENCE BIOENGINEERING JAPAN
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(04)70237-6
Keywords
microbial community; garbage; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
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The microbial community in a garbage-decomposing system was analyzed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) on the basis of 16S rDNA. The system treated 1 kg of garbage everyday for two months at ambient temperature with almost constant decomposition efficiency, although a transient pH increase occurred. Succession of the banding pattern of the DGGE profile suggested that the bacterial community was not directly affected by the continuous addition of non-sterilized garbage into the open system, but changed with the fluctuation of pH. These resistance and resilience characteristics of the community structure may be effective to keep the decomposition efficiency stable. The analyses of the DNA sequences from the DGGE bands suggested the existence of uncultured or novel bacteria as well as Lactobacillus sp., Corynebacterium spp., Enterococcus spp., and Staphylococcus sp. A specific PCR detection was performed to evaluate the existence of Escherichia coli within the community. E. coli 16S rDNAs were not detected from the decomposing system.
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