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This study investigated the efficacy and underlying mechanisms of biochar and cellulase addition, individually and in combination, in mitigating emissions and enhancing compost quality within a cattle manure-sugarcane bagasse co-composting system.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>By monitoring key composting parameters and combining with high-throughput sequencing analysis of bacterial and fungal communities, the changes of microbial structure and function were evaluated, focusing on organic carbon transformation, humification pathway and greenhouse gas mitigation mechanism.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results and discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The results demonstrated that compared with the control, the combined application of biochar and cellulase (particularly the treatment with 5% biochar, denoted as MC5) significantly reduced the cumulative emissions of CO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      and CH\n                      <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                      by 18.6 and 31.2%, respectively. In addition, the combined treatment promoted the synthesis of humic substances, markedly increased humic acid content by 41.0% (from 28.56 to 40.27\u202fmg\/g) and the humification index (HI) by 75.6% (from 2.35 to 4.13). Microbial community analysis revealed that the combined amendment shaped the microbial succession by enriching lignocellulose-degrading fungi (such as\n                      <jats:italic>Mycothermus<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) and humification-promoting bacteria (e.g.,\n                      <jats:italic>Chryseolinea<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), while suppressing taxa associated with greenhouse gas emissions (e.g.,\n                      <jats:italic>Clostridium<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), thereby directing a greater carbon flux toward humification pathways. This study confirms that the synergy between biochar and cellulase effectively mitigates greenhouse gas emissions and improves the quality of compost, providing a theoretical basis for developing low-carbon, high-value composting technologies.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2026.1803920","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,1]],"date-time":"2026-04-01T05:43:03Z","timestamp":1775022183000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Synergistic effects of biochar and cellulase on carbon emission reduction and humification during co-composting of cattle manure and sugarcane bagasse"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Xinyu","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences","place":["Qingdao, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaojian","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yunnan China Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd.","place":["Kunming, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mi","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yunnan China Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd.","place":["Kunming, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Quanbing","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yunnan China Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd.","place":["Kunming, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bin","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences","place":["Qingdao, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leye","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences","place":["Qingdao, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences","place":["Qingdao, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"103711","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eti.2024.103711","article-title":"Particle and bulk media characteristics of food waste compost-based biomedia by dynamic high-temperature aerobic composting process","volume":"35","author":"Ahn","year":"2024","journal-title":"Environ. 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