Microbial community dynamics in the mesophilic and thermophilic phases of textile waste composting identified through next-generation sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Composting is a promising source of mesophilic and thermophilic microorganisms directly involved in the decay of organic matter. However, there is a paucity of information related to bacterial and fungal diversity in compost and their enzymatic activities during the composting process. In this work, bacterial and fungal diversity during the mesophilic and thermophilic phases of textile waste composting was investigated as a way to explain the physical-chemical results obtained during the composting process. This was accomplished using a next-generation sequencing approach that targets either the 16S rRNA or ITS genomic regions of bacteria and fungi, respectively. It was observed that Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria were the dominant bacterial phyla present at the mesophil

SUBMITTER: Biyada S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654937 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature