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How
does the bacteria stabilization process work?
Bacteria reproduce
by a process called binary fission, one cell divides and becomes two. Some
can reproduce at a very rapid rate under proper conditions. If food and
moisture are adequate and the temperature is right, certain bacteria can
reproduce in as little as twenty minutes. In only eight hours, the
original cell will have multiplied to nearly 17
million new bacteria!
What
are enzymes?
Enzymes are proteins that are
produced naturally by plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and all other
living things, and are absolutely necessary for life. They
are catalysts that accelerate the rate of chemical reaction without
changing themselves.
Commercially available enzymes are derived from bacteria and fungi such as
Bacillus, Aspergillus and Triochoderma species.
How
do enzymes work? Enzymes work by breaking apart large complex
compounds (substrates) into smaller, more readily absorbed nutrients that
bacteria can utilize. Only very small quantities of enzymes are needed to
change very large quantities of substrate: typically enzyme to substrate
ratios can range from 1:1,000 to 1:1,000,000.
Why a
powder? In the past, biological products have come in two forms,
liquids and powders. The
important thing to remember about biological products is that you are
dealing with live organisms. When bacteria eat and reproduce in
non-laboratory conditions (specific pH, temperature and food source), each
generation becomes less and less effective.
Manufacturers add a food source to both liquid and dry products. The food
source is most often a cereal grain of some sort. As the bacteria eat and
reproduce in these non-laboratory conditions, the product's effectiveness
decreases rapidly. By the time the product is purchased for use, the buyer
has no guarantee of any effectiveness. In addition, liquids and powder
forms of this type have a short shelf life.
Laguna
Ltd. utilizes a patented micro-encapsulation process in all of its
products. The bacteria are in a state of suspended animation or
"dormancy". When the product is mixed with water, the protective
barrier is dissolved and the user is insured that the highest count
possible of first generation bacteria is ready to go to work on the
application. The patented micro-encapsulation process allows us to have a
shelf life of a minimum of 2 years.
Why bacteria and enzymes?
Why not bacteria or enzymes only? In the past, biological products have
come in two forms; bacteria formulations, enzyme producing bacteria
formulations and enzyme only formulations. A crash course in microbiology
shows that all bacteria produce their own specific enzymes to aid in the
digestion of the food source that Mother Nature created them to eat. By
using a "bacteria only" or "enzyme producing bacteria"
(remember that ALL bacteria produce enzymes), you are counting on the
bacteria to produce their own enzymes to do the job they were bought to
do. Unfortunately, since the majority of products are not stabilized, you
are asking the ineffective strains to perform a task that they simply
cannot handle. By using an enzyme only product, you simply are not
"finishing" the job. Enzyme
only products simply convert food sources into simpler forms without
digesting them completely. Enzyme only products usually only pass the
problem down the line to cause substantially larger problems later.
By combining the proper bacteria strains with the appropriate enzymes,
these formulas have an immediate
action. This immediate digestion enables our bacteria strains to
"adhere" to food sources, where they continue to eat until the
food source is gone. It is important to remember that the "food
source" is usually the problem that you bought the product to solve.
Why
the need for aeration?
The strain of bacteria/enzyme developed in the EBT® Eliminate-IT
formulation is faculative (meaning that the bacteria can operate in
aerobic as well as anaerobic conditions). However,
there is considerable more effectiveness when this strain of
bacteria/enzyme operates under aerobic (in the presence of oxygen)
conditions. Anaerobic
(in the absence of oxygen) conditions force these bacteria to utilize
alternate sources of oxygen. Under aerobic conditions, this strain of
bacteria is allowed freedom to readily digest food sources (petroleum
hydrocarbons) without having to "worry" about an oxygen source.
Therefore the effectiveness of this unique bacteria/enzyme formulation is
increased 10 fold in aerobic conditions.
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