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Insights into the changes of amino acids, microbial community, and enzymatic activities related with the nutrient quality of product during the composting of food waste |
Ying Xue, Keke Xiao( ), Xiang Wu, Mei Sun, Yifei Liu, Bei Ou, Jiakuan Yang |
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China |
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Abstract ● The highest seed germination index was achieved at 0.3 g/g total solids of food waste. ● Proline was identified as the key amino acid related with the composting process. ● Amino acid metabolism sequences predominated during the whole composting process. This study systematically investigated the changes of amino acids as the composting process of food waste proceeded. It is found that the addition of 0.3 g/g total solids of food waste achieved the highest seed germination index of the product (268 %). The microbial community results indicated that the abundance of amino acid metabolism sequences remained at high levels during the whole composting process. Proline was identified as the key amino acid related with the nutrient quality of product during the composting of food waste. Further plant germination and hydroponic experiments found, that compared with those without the addition of proline, the addition of 50 mg/L proline increased seed germination rate by 20 %, increased shoot length by 3 %, increased root biomass of seedlings by 82 %, and increased leaf biomass of seedlings by 76 %, respectively. Firmicutes, γ-Pseudomonadota, Chloroflexi and Planctomycetes were the key identified bacteria related with the increase of proline during the composting of food waste. Meanwhile, the enzymatic tests of the activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and malondialdehyde indicated that proline did not cause oxidative damage on the growth of plants. This study provided novel insights into the changes of amino acids, microbial community, and enzymatic activities related with the nutrient quality of product during the composting of food waste.
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Keywords
Composting
Food waste
Amino acids
Microbial community
Enzymatic activity
Nutrient quality
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Corresponding Author(s):
Keke Xiao
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About author: Tongcan Cui and Yizhe Hou contributed equally to this work. |
Issue Date: 17 October 2022
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