Abu Bakar, A. and Mahmood, N.Z. and da Silva, J.A.T. and Abdullah, N. and Jamaludin, A.A. (2011) Vermicomposting of sewage sludge by lumbricus rubellus using spent mushroom compost as feed material: effect on concentration of heavy metals. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 16 (5). pp. 1036-1043. ISSN 1226-8372,
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Vermicomposting of sewage sludge (SS) using spent mushroom compost from Pleurotus sajor-caju as feed material was conducted to determine the effect on the concentration of heavy metals, namely Cr, Cd, Pb, Cu, and Zn. Previous studies have reported the feasibility of brandling worms, Eisenia foetida, for vermicomposting SS, whereas we conducted vermicomposting by employing red worms, Lumbricus rubellus, with a combination of different percentages of SS and spent mushroom compost (SMC) for 70 days subsequent to 21 days of precomposting. The vermicompost produced in treatments with a low percentage of SS were fine in texture, dark in colour and odourless in contrast to the initial physical characteristics. Results indicate that growth in earthworm numbers and biomass gain was maximum at 25 : 75 (T D) of SS : SMC compared to other treatments with 5 and 8- fold increases, respectively. The heavy metals contained in vermicompost were 0.25 � 11.57-fold higher than the initial concentration due to mineralization and excretion of non-accumulated heavy metals existent in the earthworms' gut, which were present prior to treatments. Even so, the concentration was below the limits set by EU and US biosolid compost standards and safe to be utilized as a biofertilizer and soil conditioner. © The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering and Springer 2011.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mass balance, Mineralization, Pleurotus sajor-caju compost, Urban sewage sludge, Vermiculture, Bio fertilizers. Eisenia foetida. Feed materials. Initial concentration, Physical characteristics, Pleurotus sajor caju, Spent mushroom compost Vermi-composting Vermicomposts, Biosolids, Cadmium, Chemical contamination, Concentration (process), Copper, Lead, Metals, Mineralogy, Sewage sludge, Soil conditioners, Soil structure interactions, Composting, chromium, heavy metal, nitrogen, organic carbon, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, animal food, article, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, concentration (parameters), controlled study, earthworm, Lentinus sajor-caju, Lumbricus rubellus, microbial biomass, microbial growth, mortality, nonhuman, pH measurement, physical chemistry, pollution monitoring, sludge treatment, vermicompost, Basidiomycota, Eisenia fetida, Pleurotus sajor-caju, |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | miss munirah saadom |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2014 04:00 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2014 04:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/10802 |
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