Bioavailability and Solubility of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements during Composting of Cow Manure and Tree Litter

Table 4

Microbiological analysis of beneficial micro-organisms—BM in the activated stock solution—ASS (n = 3).

Parameters	T0	T30
	Mean ± st. dev.	Mean ± st. dev.
Mesophilic aerobes (UFC·mL^−1)	1.25 × 10^7 ± 4.01 × 10^6	4.33 × 10^6 ± 1.10 × 10^6
Thermophilic aerobes (UFC·mL^−1)	3.00 × 10^4 ± 4.35 × 10^4	5.00 × 10^3 ± 4.23 × 10^3
Lactobacillus spp. (UFC·mL^−1)	1.27 × 10^7 ± 2.08 × 10^6	1.00 × 10^7 ± 5.33 × 10^6
Molds and yeasts (UFC·mL^−1)	<1.00 × 10^2 ± 0.00	1.27 × 10^6 ± 8.50 × 10^5
Bacillus spp. (UFC·mL^−1)	1.00 × 10^2 ± 0.00	1.77 × 10^6 ± 3.06 × 10^6
Actinomycetes (UFC·mL^−1)	1.01 × 10^5 ± 1.11 × 10^5	1.60 × 10^3 ± 5.66 × 10^2