COMPOSTING SUGAR CANE BAGASSE AT FULL SCALE: ORGANIC MATTER DECAY KINETICS, METAGENOMICS AND PLANT-GROWTH PROMOTING BACTERIA CAPABILITIES

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Jesús Bernardino Velázquez Fernández
Irma Paz Hernández-Rosales
Silvia Maribel Contreras Ramos

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The management difficulties implied at field-scale composting make difficult to perform kinetic studies, leading to a gap in the literature at real enterprise conditions. Although composting has been reported to show a three-phase kinetics regarding the temperature, for organic matter, an exponential decay kinetics has been described. Organic matter decay, internal temperature of sugar-cane bagasse compost windrows along the time at enterprise (field-scale) level and the microbial community of the final product were analyzed. Final compost was achieved at 12-17 weeks with 41-47 % humidity and 31-47 % organic matter content. Kinetics model of organic matter biodegradation showed R2 ≥ 0.6 and no differences between exponential or linear model R2 were observed. Linear biodegradation constant was 2.5 % of organic matter loss/week, ranging from 2.2 to 3.7 %/week. The most abundant bacterial classes were Bacilli and Anaerolineae from metagenomic analysis. Bacterial cultures isolated showed plant-growth promoting and aromatic degradation capabilities. This shed light to future prospection studies on real-world composting for enterprises and scientists. 

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Jesús Bernardino Velázquez Fernández, Centro de Investigación y Assistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco A.C. Avenida Normalistas 800, CP 44270, Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Profesor cátedras, Unidad de Tecnología Ambiental. Más de diez años trabajando en biodegradación y biorremediación, incluyendo compostaje.

Irma Paz Hernández-Rosales, Unidad Académica de Ciencias Básicas e Ingenierías, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit. Ciudad de la Cultura Amado Nervo, CP63155, Tepic, Nayarit.

Doctora en Energías Renovables, experiencia de cinco años en el trabajo en composta

Silvia Maribel Contreras Ramos, Centro de Investigación y Assistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco A.C. Avenida Normalistas 800, CP 44270, Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Dra en Biotecnología Ambiental, con experiencia de más diez años en Biorremediación y compostaje

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