Vermicomposting of sewage sludge by Lumbricus rubellus using spent mushroom compost as feed material: Effect on concentration of heavy metals

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1036-1043

  Bakar, Azizi Abu ^a   Mahmood, Noor Zalina ^a   Da Silva, Jaime A Teixeira ^b   Abdullah, Noorlidah ^a   Jamaludin, Adi Ainurzaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass balance; Mineralization; Pleurotus sajor caju compost; Urban sewage sludge; Vermiculture

Indexed keywords

BIO FERTILIZERS; EISENIA FOETIDA; FEED MATERIALS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MASS BALANCE; MINERALIZATION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PLEUROTUS SAJOR CAJU; SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOSTS; VERMICULTURE;

BIOSOLIDS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; LEAD; METALS; MINERALOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

COMPOSTING;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; LENTINUS SAJOR-CAJU; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERALIZATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; VERMICOMPOST;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; EISENIA FETIDA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PLEUROTUS SAJOR-CAJU;

EID: 81255150647     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: 19763816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-011-0147-y     Document Type: Article

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