PMID- 22154215 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120507 LR - 20221207 IS - 1879-1026 (Electronic) IS - 0048-9697 (Linking) VI - 414 DP - 2012 Jan 1 TI - Use of DGGE and COMPOCHIP for investigating bacterial communities of various vermicomposts produced from different wastes under dissimilar conditions. PG - 664-71 LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.045 [doi] AB - This study describes the use of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and COMPOCHIP (i.e. a microarray targeting typical bacteria of stabilized organic materials and pathogenic bacteria) for investigating the bacterial communities of four different vermicomposts. These included a commercial vermicompost produced from cattle manure (CM) and three vermicomposts produced at pilot-scale by recycling: damaged tomato fruits (DT); olive-mill waste mixed with biosolids (OB); and winery wastes (WW). DGGE provided distinctive fingerprints of each vermicompost, which were statistically related to their particular chemical features. The comparison of the various vermicompost fingerprints showed that they contained bacterial communities with an average similarity coefficient of close to 80%. COMPOCHIP detected the presence of Sphingobacterium, Streptomyces, Alpha-Proteobacteria, Delta-Proteobacteria, and Firmicutes in all the vermicomposts. COMPOCHIP showed differences in the abundance of particular bacterial taxa among the vermicomposts, giving an idea about the usefulness of each vermicompost in the search for bacteria valuable to biotechnology. The joint use of DGGE and COMPOCHIP is a useful tool to compare vermicompost bacterial communities and to assess the potential of different vermicomposts as bioactive organic materials. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Fernandez-Gomez, Manuel J AU - Fernandez-Gomez MJ AD - Department of Environmental Protection, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, Profesor Albareda 1, 18008 Granada, Spain. manuelj.fernandez@eez.csic.es FAU - Nogales, Rogelio AU - Nogales R FAU - Insam, Heribert AU - Insam H FAU - Romero, Esperanza AU - Romero E FAU - Goberna, Marta AU - Goberna M LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111207 PL - Netherlands TA - Sci Total Environ JT - The Science of the total environment JID - 0330500 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Manure) RN - 0 (Olive Oil) RN - 0 (Plant Oils) RN - 0 (Soil) RN - 0 (Waste Products) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Bacteria/*genetics MH - Cattle MH - DNA Fingerprinting MH - DNA Primers/genetics MH - Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis/*methods MH - Electric Conductivity MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Solanum lycopersicum MH - Manure/analysis MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis/*methods MH - Olive Oil MH - Plant Oils MH - *Soil MH - *Soil Microbiology MH - Waste Products/analysis EDAT- 2011/12/14 06:00 MHDA- 2012/05/09 06:00 CRDT- 2011/12/14 06:00 PHST- 2011/08/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/10/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/05/09 06:00 [medline] AID - S0048-9697(11)01359-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.045 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sci Total Environ. 2012 Jan 1;414:664-71. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.045. Epub 2011 Dec 7.