Application of Bacillus sp. TAT105 to reduce ammonia emissions during pilot-scale composting of swine manure. Issue 12 (2nd December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kuroda, Kazutaka; Tanaka, Akihiro; Furuhashi, Kenich; Nakasaki, Kiyohiko
• Is Part Of: Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. Volume 81:Issue 12(2017)
• Page Start: 2400
• Page End: 2406
• Publication Date: 2017-12-02
• Subjects: composting -- swine manure -- ammonia emissions -- thermophilic ammonium-tolerant bacterium -- biological additive; Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Biochemistry -- Periodicals; 660.6
• DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1389607
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0916-8451

Abstract

Abstract: Thermophilic ammonium-tolerant bacterium Bacillus sp. TAT105 grows and reduces ammonia (NH3 ) emissions by assimilating ammonium nitrogen during composting of swine feces. To evaluate the efficacy of a biological additive containing TAT105 at reducing NH3 emissions, composting tests of swine manure on a pilot scale (1.8 m 3 ) were conducted. In the TAT105-added treatment, NH3 emissions and nitrogen loss were lower than those in the control treatment without TAT105. No significant difference was detected in losses in the weight and volatile solids between the treatments. Concentration of thermophilic ammonium-tolerant bacteria in the compost increased in both treatments at the initial stage of composting. In the TAT105-added treatment, bacterial concentration reached ~10 9 colony-forming units per gram of dry matter, several-fold higher than that in the control and stayed at the same level until the end. These results suggest that TAT105 grows during composting and reduces NH3 emissions in TAT105-added treatment. Abstract : :