The aim of this study was to assess the effect of polylactic acid (PLA) on microbial community composition and core metabolism pathways in food waste (FW) composting. The presence of PLA negatively influenced microbial community richness and decreased respectively the abundance of Bacillus, Halocella and Cellvibrio at mesophilic, thermophilic and mature phases. Analysis of microbial metabolism at the gene level help to understand the mechanism in co-composting with FW and PLA. The expression of core functional genes related to lactide metabolism was stimulated by PLA degradation at thermophilic and mature phases. The sum of absolute abundance of functional genes that involved in first and second carbon oxidation of tricarboxylic acid cycle was decreased due to the existence of PLA. The transformation between 2-Oxoglutarate and Succinyl-CoA were interfered in thermophilic phase, which might result in the lower germination index in PLA group (115%) than that in control (186%).
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