Bacterial and Biochemical Properties of Newly Invented Aerobic, High-Temperature Compost

Compost is the environmentally safe and the most economical way to treat organic waste. Due to heat emitted by fermentation processes, the compost inside is hot, and therefore, a variety of thermophilic bacteria thrive in compost. The thermophiles play an important role in the degradation of biopolymers in compost. This chapter deals with microbial community in a newly developed aerobic, high-temperature compost, where temperature reaches 100°C or even higher. Physical, chemical, biochemical, and microbial analyses of the high-temperature compost are presented. The technical problems associated with the biochemical and microbial analyses are also discussed.