Microbial Enrichment of Vermicompost

Table 4

The viable population of R. leguminosarum inoculated at the rate of 30 mL per 175 g of substrate in different intervals along the storage period of vermicompost. Values are rounded of mean values of three replicates. The values with same superscript letters between columns are not significantly different at 5% level (𝑃<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple-range test.

Storage period of vermicompost (after harvest, in days)	Viable population of R. leguminosarum (CFU × 10^7 g^−1)
	Time of inoculation (vermicomposting days)
	0th day	10th day	20th day	30th day
0	7^a	9^a, b	11^b	8^a
15	7^a	8^a	9^a	12^b
30	6^a	7^a	7^a	10^b
45	6^a	6^a	7^a	8^a
60	5^a	6^a	7^a	7^a
75	4^a	5^a, b	6^a, b	7^b
90	4^a	4^a	5^a	6^a
105	1^a	3^a, b	4^b	5^b
120	0^a	2^b	3^b	3^b
135	0^a	0^a	1^a	1^a
150	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
165	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
180	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a