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Microbial Succession in Casts of the Earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae, Fed upon Tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.) Leaf Residue


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1 Department of Microbiology, DBF Dayanand College, Solapur-413002, Maharashtra, India
2 P.G. Deptt. of Biotechnology, Fergusson College, Pune-411 004, Maharashtra, India
3 Deptt. of Pollution Studies, Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science, Karad-415 124, Maharashtra, India
 

Microbial succession in casts of Eudrilus eugeniae and in the control (compost without earthworms) was studied over a period of 120 days of incubation by maintaining optimum moisture conditions throughout the experiment. Total viable counts of different types of microorganisms such as total viable bacteria, total viable Gram negative bacteria, total phosphate dissolving bacteria, total fungi, total phosphate dissolving fungi, total actinomycetes, phosphate dissolving actinomycetes, total Azotobacter population and total nitrifying bacteria were noted as colony forming units per gram (CFUs/g) in casts and control using suitable growth media.
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D. G. Kadam
Department of Microbiology, DBF Dayanand College, Solapur-413002, Maharashtra, India
G. R. Pathade
P.G. Deptt. of Biotechnology, Fergusson College, Pune-411 004, Maharashtra, India
P. K. Goel
Deptt. of Pollution Studies, Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science, Karad-415 124, Maharashtra, India

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Microbial succession in casts of Eudrilus eugeniae and in the control (compost without earthworms) was studied over a period of 120 days of incubation by maintaining optimum moisture conditions throughout the experiment. Total viable counts of different types of microorganisms such as total viable bacteria, total viable Gram negative bacteria, total phosphate dissolving bacteria, total fungi, total phosphate dissolving fungi, total actinomycetes, phosphate dissolving actinomycetes, total Azotobacter population and total nitrifying bacteria were noted as colony forming units per gram (CFUs/g) in casts and control using suitable growth media.