Journal article
Inhibitory Effects of Organic Acids on Bacteria Growth During Food Waste Composting
Abstract
During the process of food waste composting, organic acids are generated from microbial breakdown of easily degradable substrates. These organic acids could inhibit microbial activities and sequentially reduce the decomposition efficiency. Considerable relationships among pH, organic-acid concentration and microbial activity were observed in this study. In order to systematically investigate inhibitory effects of four organic acids on …
Authors
Yu H; Huang GH; Zhang XD; Li Y
Journal
Compost Science & Utilization, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 55–63
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
January 2010
DOI
10.1080/1065657x.2010.10736934
ISSN
1065-657X