[compost_tea] Re: Bacteria eater (nutrient transformation) reproduction time and numbers in ACT

From: Tim Wilson <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:31:36 -0000

I do not know what this person is talking about. Anybody know?

Tim

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "B Blake" <bbdallas100_at_...> wrote:
>
> <snip> Good idea on the protozoa. We do need to think about how to make =
the tea brewing process better for them so they will reproduce. But they w=
ill only reproduce once, maximum, during a 24 hour tea brew. Have to have =
aerobic conditions in order to keep the good guys alive and happy.
>
> Sun Jan 18, 2004 Message #7019
>
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost_tea/message/7019
>
> Is this about right or did I somehow take it out of context
> and it's really not this drastic.
>
> .....................................................................
>
> <snip> When I brew a compost tea it may have 5,000 to 10,000 bacteria/arc=
haea and
> 5 flagellates per field and a hyphae complex every 10 fields at
> 18 hours or it may take 36 hours.
> With a microscope it is not a guessing game.
>
> Tue Jun 28, 2011 Message #26632
>
> Tim Wilson
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost_tea/message/26632
>
> ....................................................................
>
> In the past Dr. Ingham said bacteria was about 20% N.
> Lately I read where some people were talking calcium.
>
> "Composition of bacteria harvested from the liquid and
> solid fractions of the rumen of sheep
> as influenced by feed intake"
>
> http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FBJN%2FBJN84_03%2FS00=
07114500001653a.pdf&code=8865e47c30a360360e528452fc6608c7
>
> A little amino acids music please ;-)
>
> ....................................................................
>
> <snip> Nutrient storage structures
>
> Most bacteria do not live in environments that contain large amounts of n=
utrients at all times. To accommodate these transient levels of nutrients b=
acteria contain several different methods of nutrient storage in times of p=
lenty for use in times of want. For example, many bacteria store excess car=
bon in the form of polyhydroxyalkanoates or glycogen. Some microbes store s=
oluble nutrients such as nitrate in vacuoles. Sulfur is most often stored a=
s elemental (S0) granules which can be deposited either intra- or extracell=
ularly. Sulfur granules are especially common in bacteria that use hydrogen=
 sulfide as an electron source. Most of the above mentioned examples can be=
 viewed using a microscope and are surrounded by a thin nonunit membrane to=
 separate them from
> the cytoplasm.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_cell_structure
>
> ..................................................................
>
> A person could go on but I won't. Yes it is very interesting
> but when LeRoy arrives in early spring the bacteria should be able
> to eat till they burst.
> If they don't watch themselves they might get
> a little help bursting.
>
> A nice fairly dry Lab Sample of Bacteria getting tested as compost
> will tell me enough.
> There are other things to study more important right now.
>
> Whether a hollow fiber membrane filter is going to work remains
> to be seen. The majority of everything else should be pre-filtered
> out as long as they are new filters.
> Otherwise many filters will increase in efficiency as they fill up and mi=
ght not give the bacteria the ticket to get past to
> the final filter pass.
>
> It's being able to back-flush the bacteria back out
> that I'm worried about - not catch it.
> I'm looking into other ways to catch it.
> Also concerned with harvesting the bacteria booty
> without having the time and the forgiveness that soil affords dem.
>
>
> Bill
>




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