Isolation and identification of bacteria from food wastes and examination of optimal conditions for composts using these isolated bacteria

[Synopsis] Eighty-seven bacteria were isolated from food wastes compost and approximately 60％ of the isolated bacteria were identified as Bacillus spp. The other isolates were identified as the actinomycetes Streptomyses spp., the fungi Aspergillus spp. and the yeasts Candida spp.. Especially, three isolates, identified as Bacillus coagulans(No.120 and 132) and Flavobacterium balustinum No.108, produced enzymes containing amylase, protease, lipase and cellulase. Inoculation of these three isolates into food wastes produced a considerable reduction in the compost time and an improvement in the quality of the compost