Effects of pH and microbial composition on odour in food waste composting

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 204-211

  Sundberg, Cecilia ^a   Yu, Dan ^b   Franke Whittle, Ingrid ^c   Kauppi, Sari ^b   Smårs, Sven ^a   Insam, Heribert ^c   Romantschuk, Martin ^b   Jönsson, Håkan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lactic acid bacteria; Microarray; Olfactometry; Organic acids

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; AERATION RATE; COMPOSTING PROCESS; FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING; HIGH PH; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; ODOROUS SUBSTANCES; ODOUR EMISSIONS; OLFACTOMETRY; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; REDUCTION STRATEGY;

BACILLI; LACTIC ACID; MICROARRAYS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

COMPOSTING;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; NITRATE;

BACTERIUM; COMPOSTING; FOOD; ODOR; ORGANIC ACID; PH; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AERATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLALES; CLOSTRIDIA; COMPOSTING; DNA SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETRY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; THERMOPHILE;

GARBAGE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; ODORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLALES; CLOSTRIDIA;

EID: 84872375602     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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