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Influence of FeONPs amendment on nitrogen conservation and microbial community succession during composting of agricultural waste: relative contributions of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea to nitrogen conservation

Composting amended with iron oxide nanoparticles (FeONPs, ?-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 NPs) were conducted to study the impacts of FeONPs on nitrogen conservation and microbial community. It was found that amendment of FeONPs, especially ?-Fe2O3 NPs, reduced total nitrogen (TN) loss, and reserved more NH4+-N and mineral N. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that decrease of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in FeONPs treatments played more important role than ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in reserving more NH4+-N and mineral N, and reducing TN loss. Bacterial community composition at phylum level did not shift with addition of FeONPs. Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Proteobacteria were the three most dominant phyla in all treatments. Overall, this study provides a method to reduce TN loss and improve mineral N reservation during composting, and gives a deep insight into the role of AOB and AOA in nitrogen transformation.

» Author: Lihua Zhang, Haoran Dong, Jiachao Zhang, Yaoning Chen, Guangming Zeng, Yujie Yuan, Weicheng Cao, Wei Fang, Kunjie Hou, Bin Wang, Long Li

» Reference: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121463

» Publication Date: 13/05/2019

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