Bioaugmentation with a thermophilic inoculum for enhanced bioconversion of sewage sludge and food waste into fertilizer

• Main Authors: Tay, Joo Hwa, Tay, Stephen, Wang, Jing Yuan
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Waste management
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5175
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Two indigenous thermophilic bacterial isolates, identified to be Bacillus stearothermophilus strain SD13 and Bacillus coagulans strain FW04 by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing, were used to prepare an inoculum in order to bioaugment the bioconversion process from sewage sludge and food waste into fe...