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Table 8.1

Composting studies with microbial addition to various solid waste (MSW, FW, and

AW).

Compost

feedstock

Additives

Results

References

Municipal

solid waste

Mixed culture (bacteria and

fungi)

Improved humification and

process efficiency

[15]

Trichoderma viride, Aspergillus

niger, and Aspergillus flavus

pH, temperature, TOC, TKN,

C/N ratio, germination index,

degradation, and maturity

[16]

Cellulolytic consortium of

clostridia

Improved anaerobic digestion of

cellulosic biomass

[17]

Bacteria

Higher mineralization, stabilized

C/N ratio

[18]

Aspergillus niger

Stabilized C/N, process time

[19]

Microbial inoculums originated

from sludge and MSW

Higher enzyme activity, C:N

ratio, and compost maturity

[20]

Psychrotrophic bacteria

Stable temperature, moisture

content, pH, C/N, nitrogen, and

enhanced compost stability

[13]

White-rot fungi (Phanerochaete

chrysosporium, Trametes

versicolor, and Fomes

fomentarius)

Accelerated degradation, C/N,

pH, electrical conductivity, and a

better degree of maturity

[21]

MI (cellulolytic and

lignocellulolytic)

Better compost quality, C/N ratio,

temperature, odor, enzymatic

activities, and humification

[22]

Lactic acid bacterium

Pediococcus acidilactici

Enhanced organic matter

degradation

[23]

Thermophilic lignocellulolytic

fungi

Stable compost maturity

[24]

Trichoderma

Stable C:N ratio, increased

nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P),

and potassium (K), enhanced soil

properties

[25]

Microbe culture

Accelerated degradation

[26]

Cellulolytic thermophilic

actinomycetes

Increased humic substances

[27]

Lactic acid bacteria, yeast and

phototrophic bacteria

Increase in humic substances,

matured compost

[10]

Mesophilic yeast Pichia

kudriavzevii

Accelerating the composting

process

[6]

Efficient microbes (EM)

Enhanced humification

[28]

Agricultural

waste

Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Better C/N ratio, temperature,

and organic matter

[29]

Bacillus subtilis and haetomium

thermophilum

Accelerated degradation of

proteinaceous and degree of

humification

[30]

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