Microbial activities during composting of spent pig-manure sawdust litter at different moisture contents

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Tiquia, S M ^a   Tam, N F Y ^b   Hodgkiss, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Composting; Microbial activity; Microbial biomass; Moisture; Spent pig manure sawdust litter; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; MANURES; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE; SAWDUST; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; SPENT PIG MANURE SAWDUST LITTER; TOTAL AEROBIC HETEROTROPHS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MANURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOISTURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WOOD DUST;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030111138     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(95)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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