Thermophilic Fungi in a Municipal Waste Compost System
- 12 September 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Mycologia
- Vol. 65 (5) , 1087-1100
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1973.12019529
Abstract
SUMMARY A high-rate municipal compost system was systematically sampled during the digestion period for the presence of thermophilic fungi. Pure cultures of 304 isolates were established which included: Aspergillus fumigatus, Chaetomium thermophile, Humicola lanuginosa, Mucor pusillus, Thermoascus aurantiacus, and Torula thermophila. Representative isolates demonstrated: (1) the thermophilic relationship between temperature and growth; (2) a requirement for aerobic growth conditions; and (3) that only Chaetomium thermophile could utilize cellulose as a carbon source.Keywords
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