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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Microbiotechnology
Volume 15 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1484047
Effect of exogenous thermophilic biocontrol agent inoculum on the high temperature chicken manure composting
Provisionally accepted- 1 Institute of Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- 2 Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
Aerobic composting is an effective method for utilizing chicken manure. However, its low carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio leads to slow heating and short high-temperature phases, which reduce composting efficiency and product quality. To address this issue, splinted mushroom cultivation residues were added to adjust the C/N ratio, and exogenous thermophilic composting strains were introduced to increase composting temperature. This study analyzed the relationship between physicochemical metabolites and microbial community structure during high-temperature chicken manure composting. Based on metagenomic and physicochemical analyses, results showed that the exogenous microbial agents extended the thermophilic phase by three-times, reduced the heating phase duration by 75%, and increased nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and soluble organic carbon contents by 3.61%, 21.63%, 7.21%, and 39.03%, respectively. Genes associated with amino acid metabolism were significantly enriched during the heating phase, while genes involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle were more active in the thermophilic phase. During the thermophilic phase, bacterial diversity and richness decreased compared to the heating and cooling phases. Functional microbes such as Bacillus, Caldicoprobacter, and Virgibacillus showed a positive correlation with the key differential metabolites. While Actinomadura, Saccharomonospora, Paenibacillus, and Aneurinibacillus displayed an opposite correlation. Further experiments demonstrated that the increased temperature during the thermophilic phase triggered the upregulation of oleic acid metabolism and piperidine metabolism pathways in functional microorganisms, leading to the production of heat stabilizers and protective agents like oleic acid, gallic acid, and 2-piperidone. This phenomenon helped maintain microbial viability during the thermophilic phase and improved composting efficiency.
Keywords: Chicken manure, composting, microbial community, Thermophilic inoculant, metabolite
Received: 21 Aug 2024; Accepted: 05 Nov 2024.
Copyright: © 2024 Liu, Yin, Fang, Zhang, Xia, Jiao, Song, Wan and Guo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Zuojun Liu, Institute of Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
Yong Fang, Institute of Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
Xueping Zhang, Institute of Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
Wensheng Xia, Institute of Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
Zhentong Jiao, Institute of Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
Tao Song, Institute of Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
Heyan Wan, Institute of Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
Ting Guo, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu Province, China
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