Core sampling test in large-scale compost cells for microorganism isolation

• Autor(a) principal: Bitencourt, Ana Luisa Vietti [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Vallim, Marcelo Afonso [UNIFESP], Maia, Daniela [UNIFESP], Spinelli, Rafael [UNIFESP], Angeloni, Renata [UNIFESP], Principal, Luciana [UNIFESP], Souza, Elisangela [UNIFESP], Pascon, Renata Castiglioni [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/11600/42127; http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/E2379C814012
• topic: Core sampling; compost; microorganism isolation; auger

Composting is a process by which organic wastes are transformed into fertilizer, preventing excess organic matter accumulation. Microbes that carry out this transformation have application in biotechnology. Composting cell assembling is a complex process, it can reach several m(3) of diverse materials. It is desirable a sampling methodology that allows the microbial analysis, however, this matter has not yet been approached by other researchers. In this work we tested soil auger to probe large-scale compost piles at the Sao Paulo Zoo, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The criterion for auger selection was percentage loss of material and microbe isolation from samples.