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BACTERIA BACTERIA

Bacteria are seen by most people as “undesired and dangerous”, which

is not really true.

Many bacteria are imperative to certain processes and are used to our

advantage as long as a good balance can be maintained.

A few examples are:

Digestion of plants (cellulose) by ruminants as well as monogastric animals.

The making of antibiotics by fermentation processes of certain bacteria and

fungi.

Fermentation bacteria are used in the production of beer, wine and alcohol.

Bacteria used to manufacture cheese and other dairy products.

In the degradation of human and animal waste, like in sewage plants,

bacteria are vital.

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What happens in the TANK…What happens in the TANK… Depending on the type of bacteria, bacteria needs

oxygen (aerobic bacteria) or nitrogen (anaerobic

bacteria) to grow.

Bacteria work in 3 different ways to digest it’s feed

source (organic solids): Aerobic –uses oxygen in the digestion process. This

process is +/- 38 times faster than the anaerobic way.

Anaerobic –uses sulfates in the digestion process.

Anoxic –uses nitrates in the digestion process.

Adsorb organic or other compound and then secrete an enzyme to break it down into smaller “pieces” that are assimilable .

This “pieces” are then absorbed into the cell and are then further broken down as it is used by the bacteria in it’s own cell metabolism.

Bacteria are very specific to the enzymes they use to break down their nutrients, so, watch out for products that consists of only enzymes.

Bacteria grows exponentially (population doubles), i.e. starts slowly and then faster and later levels out.

It is not a chemical process and therefore bacteria needs time.

How does bacteria work? How does bacteria work?

DISINFECTANTS: Be careful with the use of products that is used to clean

toilets, baths and sinks – etiquette says “Safe for septic tanks” and in the next sentence “Kills all bacteria”???.

Soaps that contains disinfectants. STRONG ACIDS AND ALKALI'S:

Acids that are used to “blow out” traps kills all bacteria. A pH of 5-9, is optimal.

SUNLIGHT: Ultraviolet rays from the sun kills bacteria.

HEAT: Extreme temperatures kills or inhibits bacteria. Ideal

temperature is between 5 and 60°C.

What influences bacteria?What influences bacteria?

The Natural Solution to Tough Environmental

Problems

The Natural Solution to Tough Environmental

Problems

HISTOSOLHISTOSOL The product was researched and developed over 18

years at various Laboratories and Universities.

It is a fossilized peat mined in Georgia, USA.

It is presumed to have formed due to a meteorite hitting

the area millions of years ago.

The raw material consists of approximately 95% lignin.

Histosol Bio 10 contains 6-7% free lignin.

The main component, free lignin, is highly reactive.

Can adsorb approximately 1000 times it’s own mass in gaseous and

pollutant compounds.

The reactive surface of 1kg lignin is estimated at 90 hectares.

Lignin has a negative cation exchange capacity of 1500 to 3000 moles

per kilogram and are able to adsorb chemical compounds that are

“charged positive” up to a 1000 times it’s own molecular mass.

Lignin is extremely effective in controlling odorous compounds,

specifically hydrogen sulfide (H2S), mercaptans and ammonia (NH3). It

will break up and bind these smelly compounds to form less volatile

material.

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Histosol OP-Bio 10 contains non-pathogenic Bacillus spp. spores (15

different strains) and Paenibacillus and Nitrobacillus bacteria, that were

specifically selected to digest the following:

Protein.

Starch.

Cellulose.

Detergents.

Fat and natural greases and oils.

It has a bacterial count of approximately 90 billion per liter in the

dormant (spore) form.

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Histosol Bio 10 contains aerobic, facultative aerobic, anaerobic as well

as aero-tolerant anaerobic bacteria.

As aerobic bacteria grows approximately 30 times faster when ample

oxygen is available.

The bacteria utilize the compounds adsorbed by the free lignin as an

energy source, to adsorb, break down and absorb nutrients which then

forms part of the cell structure.

Methane gas, oxygen and carbon dioxide is then released to the

atmosphere.

By doing this, harmful organisms such as Salmonella spp. and

Escherichia coli populations are reduced by limiting it’s food source.

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Micro- and macro-nutrients present in the

product is an excellent stimulant to

indigenous microbial populations in

aerobic and anaerobic environments.

Will double the degradation rates of

organic matter.

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Bacteria in Histosol OP-Bio 10 perform in a

pH range of 5.0 – 9.8 with the optimum

near 7.

The effective temperature range is

between 5 and 60°C.

As sunlight kills bacteria, it must be stored

in a covered, cool, dry place.

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Histosol OP-Bio 10 is non-toxic, non-

hazardous and non-corrosive.

Friendly to the environment.

Totally harmless to humans, animals,

birds, plants and marine life.

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BACILLUS SPP

DISTILLEDWATER

DISTILLEDWATER

NUTRIENTS&

ENZYMES

NUTRIENTS&

ENZYMES

LIGNINLIGNIN

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FeaturesFeaturesCONTROLS:

Odors

Corrosion

Toxicity

Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

Total Suspended Solids (TSS)

in all types of waste water systems.

Successful ApplicationsSuccessful Applications

Reduced H2S levels by 81% within 24

hours at a wastewater plant.

Reduced equipment and plant corrosion

by 88% over a 3 year period.

Reduced H2S levels in an air scrubber

system by 76%.

Reduced BOD by 64% & TSS by 59% in 10

days in a 90 million liter per day aeration pond.

Reduced BOD from 3000 to 900 in a grease trap

after 30 days (70%).

Reduced use of a chemical polymer at a bakery

pre-treatment waste water plant by 70%.

Successful ApplicationsSuccessful Applications

Reduced TSS in the reclaim tank of a commercial car

wash to a point that 70% of the reclaimed water was

recycled.

Increased decanting by 136 000 liters at a chicken

processing plant in 1 week and eliminated odor problem.

Increased decanting by 302 000 liters at a cheese

factory and eliminated odors.

Successful ApplicationsSuccessful Applications

Reduced H2S levels at a rock quarry by 86%.

Eliminated mercaptan odors at a fruit juice factory.

Reduce solids in septic tanks and pit latrines with up to

50%.

Inhibits harmful bacteria like, E.coli en Salmonella as it

reduces their food source.

Eliminated ammonia odors at poultry farms.

Eliminated odors at a cattle & sheep feedlot.

Successful ApplicationsSuccessful Applications

Poultry FarmPoultry Farm

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PEOPLE

POULTRY

Fall in egg production

Weight loss

Respiratory lesions

Eye lesions

20 Small perceptible Slight

25 – 30 Small perceptible Slight Slight

50 – 60 Increasing Smell + + +

100 Eye & Nose irritation + ++ + +

200 Eye & Nose irritation ++ +++ ++ ++

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Wastewater Treatment Plants.

Livestock Farms.

Rock Quarries.

Fruit Juice Factories.

Bakeries.

Grease Traps and Septic Tanks.

Cheese Factories.

Current ApplicationsCurrent Applications

Portable Toilets.

Abattoirs.

Meat and Seafood Processing Plants.

Mushroom Canneries.

Vegetable Farms and Processing Plants.

Restaurants.

Paper pulp plants and paper mills.

Current ApplicationsCurrent Applications

• Improve waste degradation.

• Eliminate odors.

• Reduce corrosion.

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