The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the
compost temperature, which is one of the operational parameters,
on the concentrations of airborne bacteria and endotoxin in the exhaust
gas during swine manure composting. By using a generation
profile, emission factors were estimated to provide a representative
value that relates the quantity of bioaerosol released into the
atmosphere with an activity associated with swine manure composting.
In addition, microbial diversity of airborne bacteria was
investigated by an analysis by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
(DGGE) of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified V3
region of the 16S rDNA.