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Degradation mechanism of lignocellulose in dairy cattle manure with the addition of calcium oxide and superphosphate

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Cellulose and lignin belongs to refractory organic matters in the traditional composting. In this research, the degradation of lignocellulose in dairy cattle manure was investigated through adding calcium oxide (CaO) and superphosphate (SSP). In the presence of CaO and SSP, the degradation rate of cellulose and lignin were improved by 25.0% and 8.33%, respectively. The results indicated that the pH value in system would be slightly higher with the addition of CaO and SSP. Besides, the pH value of all cow manure piles were about 8.4 after composting rotten, which could be well neutralized by the gradually acidified soil in the southwest of China with the full effect of fertilizer released. In addition, the abundance of Bacillales, Actinomycetes, and Thermoactinomycetaceae in the experimental groups (AR) was slightly better than that in the control groups (CK) during composting, which led to a conclusion that an elaborate physical–chemical–multivariate aerobic microorganism evolution model of cellulose degradation products (PCMC) was deduced and the physical–chemical–multivariate aerobic microorganism model of lignin cycle degradation (PCML) was developed.

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The work was financially supported by the National Major Science and Technology projects (grant no. 2014ZX07105-001); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 21377048).

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    Yingying Cai, Yanhua He, Kang He, Haijun Gao, Meijie Ren & Guangfei Qu

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Cai, Y., He, Y., He, K. et al. Degradation mechanism of lignocellulose in dairy cattle manure with the addition of calcium oxide and superphosphate. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 33683–33693 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06444-9

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