Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains

Three lignocellulolytic isolates of filamentous fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium PC-13 (PC2094), Lentinus Tigrinus M609RQY (IMI 398363), Aspergilus niger and Penicillium spp. were used as inocula in combination with source separated organics (Food and Yard trimmings) from Institutional Solid Waste...

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Main Authors: Adebayo, Opatokun, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Salihu, Aliyu, Abass O., Alade, Tijani, I. R. D
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2011
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author Adebayo, Opatokun
Kabbashi, Nassereldeen
Alam, Md. Zahangir
Salihu, Aliyu
Abass O., Alade
Tijani, I. R. D
author_facet Adebayo, Opatokun
Kabbashi, Nassereldeen
Alam, Md. Zahangir
Salihu, Aliyu
Abass O., Alade
Tijani, I. R. D
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description Three lignocellulolytic isolates of filamentous fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium PC-13 (PC2094), Lentinus Tigrinus M609RQY (IMI 398363), Aspergilus niger and Penicillium spp. were used as inocula in combination with source separated organics (Food and Yard trimmings) from Institutional Solid Waste (ISW) to produce biofertilizer and stabilize wastes constituents. The results demonstrated that composting with sequential pure culture accelerates substrates decomposition and reduce the bulk volume. The moisture content was 64%, and the percentage C/N decreased ranged between 4.73 and 7.60% while the produced compost C/N ratio was 16%, indicating its viability for large-scale production since the acceptable range for efficient compost is between ˃12%. The 74% Total Organic Matter (TOM), 7.2 pH and 117% Germination Index (GI) further showed the potentials of the compost. Based on this, FW and YM showed an economic potential for sustainable production of compost using low technology.
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spelling iium-25832011-12-20T07:45:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2583/ Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains Adebayo, Opatokun Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Alam, Md. Zahangir Salihu, Aliyu Abass O., Alade Tijani, I. R. D TA170 Environmental engineering. Sustainable engineering Three lignocellulolytic isolates of filamentous fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium PC-13 (PC2094), Lentinus Tigrinus M609RQY (IMI 398363), Aspergilus niger and Penicillium spp. were used as inocula in combination with source separated organics (Food and Yard trimmings) from Institutional Solid Waste (ISW) to produce biofertilizer and stabilize wastes constituents. The results demonstrated that composting with sequential pure culture accelerates substrates decomposition and reduce the bulk volume. The moisture content was 64%, and the percentage C/N decreased ranged between 4.73 and 7.60% while the produced compost C/N ratio was 16%, indicating its viability for large-scale production since the acceptable range for efficient compost is between ˃12%. The 74% Total Organic Matter (TOM), 7.2 pH and 117% Germination Index (GI) further showed the potentials of the compost. Based on this, FW and YM showed an economic potential for sustainable production of compost using low technology. 2011-05-17 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2583/1/Composting_ICBIOE.pdf Adebayo, Opatokun and Kabbashi, Nassereldeen and Alam, Md. Zahangir and Salihu, Aliyu and Abass O., Alade and Tijani, I. R. D (2011) Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains. In: The Second International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering ICBIOE'11. http://www.iium.edu.my/icbioe/2011
spellingShingle TA170 Environmental engineering. Sustainable engineering
Adebayo, Opatokun
Kabbashi, Nassereldeen
Alam, Md. Zahangir
Salihu, Aliyu
Abass O., Alade
Tijani, I. R. D
Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains
title Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains
title_full Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains
title_fullStr Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains
title_full_unstemmed Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains
title_short Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains
title_sort composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains
topic TA170 Environmental engineering. Sustainable engineering
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2583/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2583/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2583/1/Composting_ICBIOE.pdf