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This study evaluated the effects of 5% calcium superphosphate (SSP), 5% synthetic lignocellulose-degrading microbial communities (SynComs), and their combined addition on vermicompost quality, microbial communities, and the functional potential related to carbohydrate degradation and nitrogen cycling. The results showed that all treatments maintained a neutral to slightly alkaline pH, favoring the growth of microorganisms involved in carbon and nitrogen cycling. Compared with other treatments, 5% SynComs showed the strongest stimulatory effect on lignocellulose-degrading enzyme and urease activities, effectively reduced the C\/N ratio, and increased the germination index, humic substance content, nitrate nitrogen content, and overall quality score. Microbial analysis showed that the amendment treatments enriched nitrogen cycling related taxa, including\n                    <jats:italic>Luteimonas<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Pseudomonas<\/jats:italic>\n                    . SynComs further increased the abundances of carbohydrate esterases and glycosyltransferases, as well as the relative abundance of the nitrification gene\n                    <jats:italic>hao<\/jats:italic>\n                    , thereby enhancing the potential for lignocellulose degradation, degradation product transformation, and nitrification. In contrast, SSP alone or combined with SynComs showed limited improvement in the activities and functional potential of enzymes related to carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism. Overall, lignocellulose-degrading SynComs effectively accelerated co-vermicomposting maturity, improved product quality, and promoted green waste resource utilization. Future studies should optimize aeration conditions to reduce local anaerobic microenvironment formation and denitrification derived N\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    O emissions.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2026.1927926","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,9]],"date-time":"2026-09-09T05:45:16Z","timestamp":1788932716000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A lignocellulose-degrading synthetic microbial community alters physicochemical properties, microbial community structure, and functional gene potential during green waste-cattle manure co-vermicomposting"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Linlin","family":"Cai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences","place":["Beijing, China"]},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Arable Land Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuang","family":"Pang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Experimental Centre of Forestry in North China, Chinese Academy of Forestry","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Hao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiangyang","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ximei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Experimental Centre of Forestry in North China, Chinese Academy of Forestry","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muhammad Atif","family":"Muneer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Resource and Environment, International Magnesium Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University","place":["Fuzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Honghui","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences","place":["Beijing, China"]},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Arable Land Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"103","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apsoil.2015.10.002","article-title":"Characterization of the bacterial communities of casts from Eisenia andrei fed with different substrates.","volume":"98","author":"Aira","year":"2016","journal-title":"Appl. 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