ArticleScientific reports2021
Earthworms drastically change fungal and bacterial communities during vermicomposting of sewage sludge.
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- Earthworms Drastically and Differentially Modify the Bacteriomes and Mycobiomes of Sewage Sludge.Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2026Article
- Integrated assessment of physicochemical and structural changes during composting and vermicomposting of cattle and sheep manure with additive treatments.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Diversity and composition of rare bacterial community in gut and vermicompost of Eudrilus eugeniae fed with multiple substrates during vermicomposting.Folia microbiologica · 2026Article
- Faster turnover of taxonomic over functional bacterial composition during vermicomposting indicates increasing functional redundancy.PloS one · 2026Article
- Effect of Earthworm Digestion on Abundance, Composition and Diversity of Bacterial Pathogens in Sewage Sludge from Wastewater Treatment Plants.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Earthworms Significantly Alter the Composition, Diversity, Abundance and Pathogen Load of Fungal Communities in Sewage Sludge from Different Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Composition, Structure and Diversity of Soil Bacterial Communities before, during and after Transit through the Gut of the EarthwormMicroorganisms · 2022Article
- Comparative Analysis of Metagenomics and Metataxonomics for the Characterization of Vermicompost Microbiomes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Differences of Enzymatic Activity During Composting and Vermicomposting of Sewage Sludge Mixed With Straw Pellets.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Wastewater treatment plants produce hundreds of million tons of sewage sludge every year all over the world. Vermicomposting is well established worldwide and has been successful at processing sewage sludge, which can contribute to alleviate the severe environmental problems caused by its disposal. Here, we utilized 16S and ITS rRNA high-throughput sequencing to characterize bacterial and fungal community composition and structure during the gut- and cast-associated processes (GAP and CAP, respectively) of vermicomposting of sewage sludge. Bacterial and fungal communities of earthworm casts were mainly composed of microbial taxa not found in the sewage sludge; thus most of the bacterial (96%) and fungal (91%) taxa in the sewage sludge were eliminated during vermicomposting, mainly through the GAP. Upon completion of GAP and during CAP, modified microbial communities undergo a succession process leading to more diverse microbiotas than those found in sewage sludge. Consequently, bacterial and fungal community composition changed significantly during vermicomposting. Vermicomposting of sewage resulted in a stable and rich microbial community with potential biostimulant properties that may aid plant growth. Our results support the use of vermicompost derived from sewage sludge for sustainable agricultural practices, if heavy metals or other pollutants are under legislation limits or adequately treated.
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