期刊
PROCESSES
卷 10, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr10020379
关键词
agro-waste; compost; microbiome; molecular characterization; taxonomy
资金
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research [84/Ric 2012]
- Cohesion Fund 2007-2013 of the Basilicata Regional Authority
- [6386-3]
The recycling of different products and waste is crucial in the circular economy, with anaerobic digestion playing a significant role. This study investigated the microbiome of slurry cow digestate and its derived compost to determine their potential use in agriculture. The results showed that the compost had a greater microbial diversity compared to the digestate.
Recycling of different products and waste materials plays a crucial role in circular economy, where the anaerobic digestion (AD) constitutes an important pillar since it reuses nutrients in the form of organic fertilizers. Knowledge about the digestate and compost microbial community structure and its variations over time is important. The aim of the current study was to investigate the microbiome of a slurry cow digestate produced on a farm (ADG) and of a more stabilized digestate-derived compost (DdC) in order to ascertain their potential uses as organic amendments in agriculture. The results from this study, based on a partial fragment of 16S bacterial rRNA NGS sequencing, showed that there is a greater microbial diversity in the DdC originated from agricultural waste compared to the ADG. Overall, the existence of a higher microbial diversity in the DdC was confirmed by an elevated number (1115) of OTUs identified, compared with the ADG (494 OTUs identified). In the DdC, 74 bacterial orders and 125 families were identified, whereas 27 bacterial orders and 54 families were identified in the ADG. Shannon diversity and Chao1 richness indexes were higher in DdC samples compared to ADG ones (Shannon: 3.014 and 1.573, Chao1: 68 and 24.75; p < 0.001 in both cases). A possible association between the microbiome composition at different stages of composting process and the role that these microorganisms may have on the quality of the compost-like substrate and its future uses is also discussed.
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