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        <journal-meta>
            <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">TOBIOTJ</journal-id>
            <journal-title>The Open Biotechnology Journal</journal-title>
            <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Open Biotechnol. J.</abbrev-journal-title>
            <issn pub-type="epub">1874-0707</issn>
            <publisher>
                <publisher-name>Bentham Open</publisher-name>
            </publisher>
        </journal-meta>
        <article-meta>
            <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">TOBIOTJ-9-225</article-id>
            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2174/1874070701509010225</article-id>
            <article-categories>
                <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
                    <subject>Biotechnology</subject>
                </subj-group>
            </article-categories>
            <title-group>
                <article-title>Optimization for Fermentation of Cattle Manure to Produce Bio-Fertilizer
by Inoculating Complex Microbial Agents</article-title>
            </title-group>
            <contrib-group>
                <contrib>
                    <name>
                        <surname>Fu</surname>
                        <given-names>Ruimin</given-names>
                    </name>
                    <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref>
                    <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref>
                </contrib>
                <contrib>
                    <name>
                        <surname>Lin</surname>
                        <given-names>Fang</given-names>
                    </name>
                    <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">3</xref>
                </contrib>
                <contrib>
                    <name>
                        <surname>Zhang</surname>
                        <given-names>Hong</given-names>
                    </name>
                    <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref>
                </contrib>
                <contrib>
                    <name>
                        <surname>Xing</surname>
                        <given-names>Wenhui</given-names>
                    </name>
                    <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref>
                </contrib>
                <contrib>
                    <name>
                        <surname>Chang</surname>
                        <given-names>Huiping</given-names>
                    </name>
                    <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref>
                </contrib>
                <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Chen</surname>
                        <given-names>Wuling</given-names>
                    </name>
                    <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">&#x002A;</xref>
                    <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref>
                </contrib>
                <aff id="aff1">
                    <label>1</label>Department of Life Science, Henan Normal of Education, Zhengzhou 450046, China</aff>
                <aff id="aff2">
                    <label>2</label>College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China</aff>
                <aff id="aff3">
                    <label>3</label>Department of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang, 453003, China</aff>
            </contrib-group>
            <author-notes>
                <corresp id="cor1">
                    <label>&#x002A;</label>Address correspondence to this author at the College of life Science,
Northwest University, Xi’an, China; Tel: +86-15137196345; E-mail: <email xlink:href="wulingchen@yeah.net">wulingchen@yeah.net</email>; <email xlink:href="angelaminmin@163.com">angelaminmin@163.com</email></corresp>
            </author-notes>
            <pub-date pub-type="epub">
                <day>2</day>
                <month>11</month>
                <year>2015</year>
            </pub-date>
            <pub-date pub-type="collection">
                <year>2015</year>
            </pub-date>
            <volume>9</volume>
            <fpage>225</fpage>
            <lpage>229</lpage>
            <history>
                <date date-type="received">
                    <day>17</day>
                    <month>02</month>
                    <year>2015</year>
                </date>
                <date date-type="rev-recd">
                    <day>21</day>
                    <month>03</month>
                    <year>2015</year>
                </date>
                <date date-type="accepted">
                    <day>09</day>
                    <month>06</month>
                    <year>2015</year>
                </date>
            </history>
            <permissions>
                <copyright-statement>&#x00A9; 2015 Fu <italic>et al.</italic></copyright-statement>
                <copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
                <copyright-holder>Ruimin Fu</copyright-holder>
                <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode">
                    <p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (<uri xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode</uri>). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</p>
                </license>
            </permissions>
            <abstract>
                <p>In this study, in order to determine the optimization technology of bio-fertilizer, the aerobic fermentation test
was conducted by using fresh manure and rice husk powder as materials. The inoculation, moisture content, C/N ratio and
turning frequency analysed by single-factor test. Following this, the optimal conditions in the first fermentation were
obtained through orthogonal experiments. After the first fermentation, the second fermentation was carried out by adding
complex microbes with the ability to release potassium, dissolve phosphate and fix nitrogen. The termination time of
second fermentation was determined by testing the growth condition of beneficial bacteria in the fermentation process.
The results show, that the optimal parameter in the first fermentation contained moisture content of 70%, C/N ratio of
20:1, inoculation of 3%, and turning frequency of once every three days. After a period of fifteen days of fermentation,
the germination index reached 91.3%. Following this, second fermentation was conducted at the sixth day and the
germination index was increased to 98.8%. Under this optimum condition, the material could heat up fast and the top
temperature could be high with a long duration.</p>
            </abstract>
            <kwd-group>
                <title>Keywords</title>
                <kwd>Bio-organic fertilizer</kwd>
                <kwd>cattle manure</kwd>
                <kwd>complex microbial agents</kwd>
                <kwd>fermentation</kwd>
            </kwd-group>
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