Changes in microbial properties and nutrient dynamics in bagasse and coir during vermicomposting: Quantification of fungal biomass through ergosterol estimation in vermicompost

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 787-791

  Pramanik, P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; FUNGAL BIOMASS; MEGATERIUM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; TRICHODERMA; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOSTS; WASTE MATERIALS;

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIOLOGY; BAGASSE; IMPULSE NOISE; NUTRIENTS;

BIOMASS;

BAGASSE; ERGOSTEROL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

BIOMASS; CARBON; COMPOSTING; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; COIR; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CARBON; CATTLE; CELLULOSE; ERGOSTEROL; INDIA; LIGNIN; MANURE; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRICHODERMA;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; FUNGI; TRICHODERMA; VIRUSES;

EID: 77950371677     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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