In situ analysis of a composting plant located in São Paulo city: fungal ecology in different composting phases

Ana Lucia Vardiero Ribeiro; Simone Aquino; Maria Solange Francos; Rafael Golin Galvão

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v41i1.43496

In situ analysis of a composting plant located in São Paulo city: fungal ecology in different composting phases

Ana Lucia Vardiero Ribeiro Universidade Nove de Julho
Simone Aquino Universidade Nove de Julho
Maria Solange Francos Universidade Nove de Julho
Rafael Golin Galvão Prefeitura do Município de São Paulo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v41i1.43496

Abstract

The National Plan for Solid Waste has set out to reduce by 25% the amount of organic waste disposed of in landfills, mostly food residues from street fairs, besides determining the implementation of municipal composting plants, and it also mentions improving the capacity of plants already installed. The purpose of the study was to analyze which decomposing fungi are involved in the different composting phases, in a plant located in the city of São Paulo. Data was collected in four composting seasons from 2016 to 2017 and the analysis of 49 samples showed twelve genera belonging to the Ascomycetes and Zygomycetes phyla, but only at the mesophilic phase. In all seasons, yeasts and Aspergillus fumigatus were predominant with a total count of 1.0 x 10⁹ cfu g^-1 and 7.4 x 10⁸ cfu g^-1, respectively. These fungi can be applied in future studies of biostimulation to optimize the cycle at the municipal plant.

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Author Biographies

Ana Lucia Vardiero Ribeiro, Universidade Nove de Julho

Bióloga graduada pela Universdade Nove de Julho

Simone Aquino, Universidade Nove de Julho

Veterinária e Micologista e Professora Doutora de Microbiologia e Micologia do departamento de Saúde II e Professora Doutora do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Administração - Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade da Universidade Nove de Julho

Maria Solange Francos, Universidade Nove de Julho

MSc. e Bióloga Professora de Ciências Biológicas do departamento de Saúde II da Universidade Nove de Julho

Rafael Golin Galvão, Prefeitura do Município de São Paulo

Engenheiro Agrônomo RT do Páto de Compostagem da Subprefeitura da Lapa da cidade de São Paulo. Mestrando do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Administração - Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade da Universidade Nove de Julho

Published

2019-07-22

How to Cite

Ribeiro, A. L. V., Aquino, S., Francos, M. S., & Galvão, R. G. (2019). In situ analysis of a composting plant located in São Paulo city: fungal ecology in different composting phases. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 41(1), e43496. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v41i1.43496

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Vol 41 (2019): Publicação contínua

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Biotechnology

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