A comprehensive review on biomass humification: Recent advances in pathways, challenges, new applications, and perspectives

S Wei, Z Li, Y Sun, J Zhang, Y Ge, Z Li - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Humic acids (HAs) are natural organic polymers that are widely distributed in terrestrial soils,
natural water, and sediments. Due to their excellent physical and chemical properties, HAs …

Microbial community in the composting process and its positive impact on the soil biota in sustainable agriculture

A Aguilar-Paredes, G Valdés, N Araneda… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional agriculture has important challenges to guarantee soil fertility and sustainable
food production. Many agricultural soils in the world are degraded and multiple strategies …

Compost: its role, mechanism and impact on reducing soil-borne plant diseases

CM Mehta, U Palni, IH Franke-Whittle, AK Sharma - Waste management, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil-borne plant pathogens are responsible for causing many crop plant diseases, resulting
in significant economic losses. Compost application to agricultural fields is an excellent …

Microbial community succession and response to environmental variables during cow manure and corn straw composting

Q Meng, W Yang, M Men, A Bello, X Xu, B Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In composting system, the composition of microbial communities is determined by the
constant change in the physicochemical parameters. This study explored the dynamics of …

[HTML][HTML] Composting as a sustainable solution for organic solid waste management: current practices and potential improvements

EE Manea, C Bumbac, LR Dinu, M Bumbac… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
With increases in global population and urbanization, the production of Municipal Solid
Waste (MSW) is growing rapidly, thus contributing to social and environmental concerns for …

Changes in bacterial and fungal communities across compost recipes, preparation methods, and composting times

DA Neher, TR Weicht, ST Bates, JW Leff, N Fierer - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Compost production is a critical component of organic waste handling, and compost
applications to soil are increasingly important to crop production. However, we know …

Mucormycosis caused by unusual mucormycetes, non-Rhizopus,-Mucor, and-Lichtheimia species

MZR Gomes, RE Lewis… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY Rhizopus, Mucor, and Lichtheimia (formerly Absidia) species are the most
common members of the order Mucorales that cause mucormycosis, accounting for 70 to …

Effects of microplastics on humification and fungal community during cow manure composting

Y Zhou, Y Sun, J Liu, X Ren, Z Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of microplastics (MPs) on the biological treatment of organic waste has been
extensively studied, but little is known about the influence of different MPs on composting …

Material conversion, microbial community composition and metabolic functional succession during green soybean hull composting

C Zhang, Z Gao, W Shi, L Li, R Tian, J Huang… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, green soybean hulls and maize straw were used for composting to explore the
dynamics of material conversion, bacterial and fungal communities and metabolic functions …

Influence of matured compost inoculation on sewage sludge composting: Enzyme activity, bacterial and fungal community succession

C Ma, B Hu, MB Wei, JH Zhao, HZ Zhang - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The influence of matured compost inoculation during sewage sludge with sawdust
composting was assessed. Mature compost reduced the heating rate, thermophilic phase …