Metagenome-based microbial community analysis of urine-derived fertilizer.

ABSTRACT: Phosphorus is essential for food production and its supply is limited. Urine is an excellent source of phosphorus and one way to produce fertilizer is through conversion of urine to struvite (MgNH₃PO₄.6H₂O). The present study aimed to understand the bacterial portion of the microbial community composition and dynamics of plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistant genes during the optimized process of struvite production from composite human urine. Samples for DNA extraction was collected from fresh urine, stored urine and struvite during the process of struvite production. Shotgun metagenomic analysis was employed to understand the bacterial community. The most dominant phyla in the fresh and stored urine samples were Pseudomonadata, which comprised of 60% an

SUBMITTER: Woldeyohannis NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11490151 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature