Eisenia fetida (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) modifies the structure and physiological capabilities of microbial communities improving carbon mineralization during vermicomposting of pig manure

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 662-671

  Aira, Manuel ^a   Monroy, Fernando ^a   Domínguez, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANURE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MANURE; OLIGOCHAETA; SPORES, FUNGAL; SWINE;

ANNELIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; FUNGI; LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SUIDAE;

EID: 35448951745     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9223-4     Document Type: Article

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