[compost_tea] Re: Anaerobic Activity

From: mikethewormguy <mikethewormguy_at_aol.com>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 19:23:35 -0000



Jeff,

If memory serves, Ecoli is a facultative anaerobe that can adapt and grow i=
n an aerobic and anaerobic environments.

This is one of the reasons why adding simple sugars to an ACT brew process,=
 where the feedstock and/or equipment is contaminated with Ecoli, can resul=
t in an Ecoli bloom into the brew liquid.

To make things more complicated, not all species of Ecoli are outlaws.

1 more cent.....

Mike Flynn
Green Quest LLC
BioSpecific LLC

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Jeff Lowenfels <jeff.lowenfels_at_...> wro=
te:
>
> I don't think it is so much that anaerobic microbes are all bad ( see. E.=
M.), it is just that in compost tea we don't want E. coli ,in particular, a=
nd some of the other potential bad anaerobic microbes so we keep the system=
 aerobic.
>
> Teaming
>
> jeff
>
> Plant one row in your garden to feed the hungry. It is so easy and so nee=
ded: http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html (And don't fo=
rget to read "Teaming WIth Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the So=
il Food web").
>




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