Dynamics of growth and succession of bacterial and fungal communities during composting of feather waste

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1268-1276

  Korniłłowicz Kowalska, Teresa ^a   Bohacz, Justyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Bacteria; Composting; Fungi; Waste feathers

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; C/N RATIO; CHEMICAL CONTENT; CHICKEN FEATHERS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; PINE BARK;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FUNGI;

WASTE TREATMENT;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPOSTING; FUNGUS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BARK; CHICKEN; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; MESOPHILE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RYE; STRAW; THERMOPHILE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELLULOSE; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEATHERS; FUNGI; KERATINS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 71549136483     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.09.053     Document Type: Article

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