Preparation of Compost from Biodegradable Kitchen Waste and Isolation and Identification of Fungal Decomposer from Compost

Abstract

Fungi are the major degraders of organic matter in  natural environments, and almost every naturally  occurring organic compound can be degraded by one  fungus or another. An enormous range of organic  compounds can be utilized by fungi, especially the major  organic compounds such as cellulose, hemicellulose and  lignin from compost. The present work aims to isolate  and identify fungal isolates from the compost samples.  Compost preparation by biodegradable waste using fruit  waste, cabbage, tomato, fresh cow dung, leaves, twigs  and mixed vegetable waste. The qualitative and  quantitative compositions of individual, composts were used for the isolation. Substantially qualitative  differences observed in the fungal species of different  composts. In this work 4 entities of fungus are isolated  at 37°C from compost. It also demonstrates that the  quantitative and qualitative characterization of different samples of composts and fungal communities important  for best agricultural application.