Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review
Composting is an important technology used to treat and convert organic waste into value-added products. Recently, several studies have been done to investigate the effects of microbial supplementation on the composting of agro-industrial waste. According to these studies, microbial inoculation is c...
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2022
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| author | Mohd Zainudin, Mohd Huzairi Zulkarnain, Aisyah Azmi, Ain Sahira Muniandy, Shalini Sakai, Kenji Shirai, Yoshihito Hassan, Mohd Ali |
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| description | Composting is an important technology used to treat and convert organic waste into value-added products. Recently, several studies have been done to investigate the effects of microbial supplementation on the composting of agro-industrial waste. According to these studies, microbial inoculation is considered to be one of the suitable methods for enhancing the biotransformation of organic materials during the composting process. This review provides up-to-date research findings on microbial inoculation strategies and their role and functions in enhancing the composting process and the improvement of compost quality. Based on this review, the addition of microorganisms could enhance the composting process such as accelerating the organic matter degradation, mineralization and microbial enzymes activities, and the quality of the end-products such as high germination index. It is important to notice in this strategy that sludge’s microbial consortium is feasible to enhance the composting process in pilot-scale and industrial-scale productions. Besides, it also reduces the cost of compost production. The findings of this review show the various positive impact of microbial inoculation on agro-industrial waste composting which in turn might be useful as a reference for selecting a suitable inoculum based on the type of waste materials. |
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| spelling | upm-1012672023-06-17T23:10:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101267/ Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review Mohd Zainudin, Mohd Huzairi Zulkarnain, Aisyah Azmi, Ain Sahira Muniandy, Shalini Sakai, Kenji Shirai, Yoshihito Hassan, Mohd Ali Composting is an important technology used to treat and convert organic waste into value-added products. Recently, several studies have been done to investigate the effects of microbial supplementation on the composting of agro-industrial waste. According to these studies, microbial inoculation is considered to be one of the suitable methods for enhancing the biotransformation of organic materials during the composting process. This review provides up-to-date research findings on microbial inoculation strategies and their role and functions in enhancing the composting process and the improvement of compost quality. Based on this review, the addition of microorganisms could enhance the composting process such as accelerating the organic matter degradation, mineralization and microbial enzymes activities, and the quality of the end-products such as high germination index. It is important to notice in this strategy that sludge’s microbial consortium is feasible to enhance the composting process in pilot-scale and industrial-scale productions. Besides, it also reduces the cost of compost production. The findings of this review show the various positive impact of microbial inoculation on agro-industrial waste composting which in turn might be useful as a reference for selecting a suitable inoculum based on the type of waste materials. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022-01-14 Article PeerReviewed Mohd Zainudin, Mohd Huzairi and Zulkarnain, Aisyah and Azmi, Ain Sahira and Muniandy, Shalini and Sakai, Kenji and Shirai, Yoshihito and Hassan, Mohd Ali (2022) Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review. Agronomy, 12 (1). art. no. 198. pp. 1-20. ISSN 2073-4395 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/1/198 10.3390/agronomy12010198 |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Zainudin, Mohd Huzairi Zulkarnain, Aisyah Azmi, Ain Sahira Muniandy, Shalini Sakai, Kenji Shirai, Yoshihito Hassan, Mohd Ali Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review |
| title | Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review |
| title_full | Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review |
| title_fullStr | Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review |
| title_short | Enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review |
| title_sort | enhancement of agro-industrial waste composting via the microbial inoculation: a brief review |
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