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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 4
First page : (407) Last page : (415)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8299

Characterization of Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Household Food Waste Composting Using Actinomycetes Genus

Sriram Marimuthu, Pavithiran Rajesh, Nikhita Bharathi, Janani Balaubramaniam Munusamy, Vidyalakshmi Rajagopal and Tito Anand Maria*
Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, Thanjavur 613005, Tamilnadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: tito@iifpt.edu.in
Received: 9.07.2020  |  Revised: 17.08.2020   |  Accepted: 26.08.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Household food waste, farmyard cow dung waste, sawdust waste are used as substrate mixture and converted into organic composting using soil culture Actinomycetes genus. Isolation, characterization and biochemical test were carried to identify the Streptomyces spp. These species were subculture using nutrient media for inoculum dosage. An experimental setup was conducted using 1kg capacity of Poly Vinyl Chloride with six different ratio composting types induced and maintained in the thermophilic phase condition. This research sourced to characterization the physiochemical properties and microbial influence, after the composting. The composting types, C1 and C4 attain rich in Nitrogen while C2 and C5 attain rich in potassium and phosphorus. Carbon content rich in C3 and C6 composting. The concentration of the microbial population for each formulated composting was found and estimated. According to seedling and plant growth of Raphanus Sativus, C1 and C4 types composting attain mature growth within a short period and other composting maintain a slow growth rate. This beneficial research potential has made an interest or motivates to develop terrace farming, vertical farming and organic farming by individual household members. 

Keywords: Food Waste, Cow dung, Sawdust, Plant growth, Streptomyces species.

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Cite this article: Sriram, M., Rajesh, P., Bharathi, N., Munusamy, J.B., Rajagopal, V., & Maria, T.A. (2020). Characterization of Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Household Food Waste Composting Using Actinomycetes Genus, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(4), 407-415. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8299