TABLE 2.
Average values and standard deviations of chemical and biological characteristics of ORG and LIC manuresa
| Manure type | pH | Chemical characteristic (mg/kg)b
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No. in functional group (log CFU)
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Species richness/diversityc
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM | NO3* | NH4 | Ntotal* | DON* | DOC* | ADF* | NDF* | Lactobacilli* | Coliforms | Sent | Hent | Seub | Heub | ||
| ORG (n = 16) | |||||||||||||||
| Mean | 6.7 | 11.4 | 7.6 | 238 | 897 | 661 | 7637 | 31.8 | 42.1 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 14 | 0.98 | 16 | 0.85 |
| SD | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 104 | 194 | 177 | 2127 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 5 | 0.17 | 8 | 0.25 |
| LIC (n = 9) | |||||||||||||||
| Mean | 6.8 | 12.4 | 9.1 | 193 | 1145 | 918 | 9377 | 27.0 | 37.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 15 | 1.05 | 19 | 0.89 |
| SD | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 94 | 218 | 227 | 1402 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.14 | 11 | 0.26 |
a
*, significant difference between ORG and LIC manure (P < 0.05).
b
DM, dry matter; NO3, nitrate; NO4, ammonium; Ntotal, total nitrogen; DON, dissolved organic nitrogen; DOC, dissolved organic carbon; ADF, acid detergent fiber; NDF, neutral detergent fiber.
c
Sent, species richness of Enterobacteriaceae; Hent, species diversity of Enterobacteriaceae; Seub, species richness of eubacteria; Heub, species diversity of eubacteria.