Yudan Bai

TL;DR: It is demonstrated for the first time that hyperthermophilic composting (hTC) was able to mitigate nitrogen loss by 40.9% compared to cTC after 44 days of composting in a full-scale plant and insights into the role of humic substances in nitrogen retention in composting systems are provided.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that application of three widely used herbicides-glyphosate, glufosinate, and dicamba-increases the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in soil microbiomes without clear changes in the abundance, diversity and composition of bacterial communities.

TL;DR: It is suggested that covering composting with a semi-permeable membrane could decrease the risk of ARGs spreading, mainly due to a significant reduction in bacterial contamination from the atmospheric environment of composting plants that accelerated the resurgence of ARG and MGEs.

TL;DR: This study explored the interactions between dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition and microbial community structure during an industrial-scale composting by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA sequencing analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used metagenomics, quantitative PCR and direct culturing to investigate the fate and abundance of residual ARGs during the storage of organic waste in composting.