Roles of non-ionic surfactant sucrose ester on the conversion of organic matters and bacterial community structure during composting

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sucrose ester (SE) addition on the physico-chemical parameters, organic matter (OM) biodegradation and related bacterial communities structure in dairy manure and cassava residuals co-composting. The biodegradation rates of OM, dissolved organic matters (DOM) and lignocellulose in SE (16.34%, 44.11% and 26.73%) group were higher than those in CK (14.71%, 39.11% and 19.90%). In addition, the content of humic substances (HS) (36.34%) in SE was obviously higher than that in CK (17.68%). The relative abundance of bacterial community in SE changed, in which the abundance of Firmicutes and Actinobacteria increased, while the amount of Blastomonas decreased. Redundancy analysis indicated Bacillus and Acinetobacter were positively correlated with the temperature and OM, whereas Azomonas and Luteimonas showed a positive relation with pH. In conclusion, the amendment of SE accelerated the degradation and conversion of organic matters, enhanced the formation of HS and improved the quality of compost.

Keywords: Bacterial community; Composting; Humification process; Organic matters; Sucrose ester.