Enrichment of vermicomposts prepared from cow dung spiked solid textile mill sludge using nitrogen fixing and phosphate solubilizing bacteria

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-287

  Kaushik, Priya ^a   Yadav, Y K ^a   Dilbaghi, Neeraj ^a   Garg, Vinod K ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cow dung; Enrichment; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Solid textile mill sludge; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COMPOST; FECES; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SLUDGE; SOLID; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 51049095906     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9141-5     Document Type: Article

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