Microbial Enrichment of Vermicompost

Table 8

The total microbial population change in R. leguminosarum inoculated vermicompost during storage period. Values are rounded of mean values of three replicates.

Storage period of vermicompost (after harvest, in days)	Total microbial population (CFU × 10^7 g^−1)
	Rate of inoculum per 175 g substrate
	30 mL				35 mL				40 mL
	Time of inoculation (vermicomposting days)
	0d	10d	20d	30d	0d	10d	20d	30d	0d	10d	20d	30d
0	14	17	18	16	17	19	20	19	17	19	21	17
15	14	15	16	22	16	17	18	24	16	16	17	24
30	12	13	15	19	15	16	17	21	14	15	15	24
45	11	12	12	16	13	15	17	18	12	13	14	21
60	10	11	12	14	12	13	15	17	7	11	12	18
75	9	10	11	12	9	11	13	14	9	10	10	16
90	5	7	9	10	7	9	10	13	5	7	9	13
105	1	3	6	8	3	7	9	10	2	5	7	11
120	0	2	4	5	1	4	5	9	1	3	4	6
135	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	6	0	1	2	4
150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2
165	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
180	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0