Electron microscopic study of wheat straw degradation during composting

Autor:	P. T. Atkey, D. A. Wood
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	Chemistry Microorganism fungi food and beverages Substrate (chemistry) Bioengineering General Medicine Straw Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Biochemistry Manure Spore Agronomy Litter Degradation (geology) Molecular Biology Electron microscopic Biotechnology
Zdroj:	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 9:335-336
ISSN:	1559-0291 0273-2289
DOI:	10.1007/bf02798963
Popis:	We have studied the microbial attack on wheat straw that occurs during the process of composting for growth substrate production for the edible mushroomAgaricus bisporus. Both transmission (TEM) and scanning (SEM) electron microscopy have been used. Samples were taken at all stages of the composting process. They show an ecological succession of microbial attack initially consisting of a predominantly bacterial flora with only few fungi present. Very few microorganisms are present on the surface of dry straw as the starting material. If stable litter (horse manure/wet straw) is used as a starting material, dense bacterial populations are already present. Bacterial numbers increase very rapidly in the initial stages of composting, and then decline, but with an increase in the proportion of spore forms.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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