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Dynamics of Bacterial Diversity and Functions with Physicochemical Properties in Different Phases of Pig Manure
Xu Zhao1,2, Juan Li2, Hongxia Yuan3
1School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Abstract:
Bacteria are key drivers in regulating ecosystem functions, and understanding the diversity and dynamic changes in bacteria in composting is very important for optimizing compost. This study investigated the structure, composition, and function of bacterial communities in alkaline pig manure compost using Miseq sequencing, PICRUSt2. The ACE and Chao1 indices of the bacterial communities in various phases were significantly different. Bacterial communities of alkaline pig compost were different from neutral and acidic swine manure compost, and there were 438 genera of common bacteria in various stages. The main bacterium was the phylum Firmicutes. There were six genera, including Romboutsia, Clostridium, Terrisporobacter, norank_f_Marinococcaceae, Saccharomonospora, and unclassified_f_Bacillaceae, that were significantly correlated (p < 0.05), or even extremely significantly correlated (p < 0.001), with the physicochemical properties. TOC, moisture, C/N, and Tem were the key factors that caused changes in bacterial communities in composting. PICRUSt2 analysis showed that there were seven functional groups: metabolism (45.02-48.07%), environmental information processing (15.25-16.00%), genetic information processing (16.97-20.02%), cellular processes (3.63-4.37%), human diseases (0.71-0.82%), organismal systems (0.66-0.77%), and unclassified (13.93-14.36%). This study will provide a reference for improving bacteria growth and reproduction conditions in pig manure composting, optimizing the process, and improving the efficiency of composting.
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