European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

QUANTIFICATION OF CELLULOLYTIC BACTERIAL POPULATION IN TWO DIFFERENT ANIMAL WASTES AND PROBIOTIC ADDED VERMICOMPOSTS

N.Parimala Gandhi, Shanthi S., Alwin Rajan D., Ramesh T., Jayanthi J. and Ragunathan M.G*.

ABSTRACT

In this study the animal wastes (wild cow and buffalo) composted with leaf litter of Ficus bengalensis. The probiotic was used at two concentrations (10% and 20 %) to enhance the composting process. For each waste, viz., wild type cow and buffalo were inoculated with 1 kg uniformed size earthworms (Eudrilus eugeniae) per 1000 g of waste. The microbial enumeration conducted at regular interval for a period of 60 days. The total cellulolytic bacterial loads were screened at regular interval under identical laboratory conditions during the composting process. Cellulolytic bacterial count was found to be high in the vermicompost processed with the wastes of wild type cow followed by buffalo.

Keywords: Vermicompost; Eudrilus eugeniae; probiotic; bacteria.