An overview of the environmental applicability of vermicompost: from wastewater treatment to the development of sensitive analytical methods

dc.creatorFontes, Maurício Paulo Ferreira
dc.creatorPereira, Madson de Godoi
dc.creatorSouza Neta, Lourdes Cardoso de
dc.creatorSouza, Adriana Nascimento
dc.creatorMatos, Thaionara Carvalho
dc.creatorSachdev, Raquel de Lima
dc.creatorSantos, Arnaud Victor dos
dc.creatorSouza, Marluce Oliveira da Guarda
dc.creatorAndrade, Marta Valéria Almeida Santana de
dc.creatorPaulo, Gabriela Marinho Maciel
dc.creatorRibeiro, Joselito Nardy
dc.creatorRibeiro, Araceli Verónica Flores Nardy
dc.date2017-10-24T16:32:40Z
dc.date2017-10-24T16:32:40Z
dc.date2014-01-21
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T20:46:48Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T20:46:48Z
dc.identifier1537-744X
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/917348
dc.identifierhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/12354
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8947761
dc.descriptionThe use of vermicompost (humified material) for treating wastewaters, remediating polluted soils, improving agricultural productivity, protecting crop production, and developing sensitive analytical methods is reviewed here, covering the past 17 years. The main advantages of vermicompost, considering all applications covered in this paper, comprise (i) easy acquisition, (ii) low costs, (iii) structural, chemical, and biological characteristics responsible for exceptional adsorptive capacities as well as pollutant degradation, and (iv) the promotion of biocontrol. Specifically, for wastewater decontamination, a considerable number of works have verified the adsorption of toxic metals, but the application of vermicompost is still scarce for the retention of organic compounds. Problems related to the final disposal of enriched vermicompost (after treatment steps) are often found, in spite of some successful destinations such as organic fertilizer. For decontaminating soils, the use of vermicompost is quite scarce, mainly for inorganic pollutants. In agricultural productivity and biocontrol, vermicompost imparts remarkable benefits regarding soil aggregation, plant nutrition, and the development of beneficial microorganisms against phytopathogens. Finally, the use of vermicompost in sensitive analytical methods for quantifying toxic metals is the newest application of this adsorbent.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherThe Scientific World Journal
dc.relationVolume 2014, Article ID 917348, Janeiro 2014
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectApplicability of vermicompost
dc.subjectWastewater treatment
dc.subjectDevelopment of sensitive analytical
dc.titleAn overview of the environmental applicability of vermicompost: from wastewater treatment to the development of sensitive analytical methods
dc.typeArtigo


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