Environ Health Toxicol.  2018 Jun;33(2):e2018009. 10.5620/eht.e2018009.

Treatment of livestock carcasses in soil using Corynebacterium glutamicum and lysosomal application to livestock burial

• Hong ES
• Bang SH
• Kim YH
• Min J

• KMID: 2434034
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5620/eht.e2018009

Abstract

A method of rapidly decaying livestock carcasses is sought through Corine glutamicum, and furthermore, lysosomes are used to remove toxic microorganisms from livestock carcasses. The landfill was constructed on a laboratory scale. Optimized growth conditions of C. glutamicum that could quickly decay livestock carcasses were determined. Lysosomes were extracted from egg whites and used to treat contaminated soil to confirm their antimicrobial activities. Condition of C. glutamicum was activated, regardless both anaerobic and aerobic conditions, soil exists and, to be close to the optimum conditions as possible temperatures, moisture content was about 1/10 of the culture. Lysosomes were found to be effective in clearing soil contamination. C. glutamicum can accelerate the decay of livestock carcasses. A combination of C. glutamicum and lysomes could be used to treat soil contamination caused by decomposition of livestock.

Keyword

C. glutamicum; livestock burial; carcass decomposition; lysosome

MeSH Terms

Burial*
Corynebacterium glutamicum*
Corynebacterium*
Egg White
Livestock*
Lysosomes
Methods
Soil*
Waste Disposal Facilities
Soil