Re: [compost_tea] Re: EM additions
Well, lactobacilli don't really come from the air.
I'm sure there are a few in the air, but you are more likely to pick up other
organisms before you get lactose-utilizing bacteria.
Which is what the word lactobacilli refers to - rods shaped bacteria that
utilize lactic acid and milk proteins. Generally, they produce quite a nice set
of coagulating proteins when they grow aerobically, and produce lactic acid
plus other organic acids when growing at reduced oxygen concentrations.
Lactic acid bacteria are rods, and have a good amount of slime - that's the
coagulating protein material they make when growing aerobically.
The only way to really get a feeling for their appearance is to see a
picture. There are probably websites that show lactic acid bacteria - try the
American Type Culture Collection. Bergey's Manual, or labs that isolate and ID
bacteria.
We might have a picture at SFI, I'll ask Nedra. Remind me if I forget....
Elaine R. Ingham
Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
Soil Foodweb Inc., Port Jefferson, New York
Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
Soil Foodweb Institute Cambridge, New Zealand
Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan, Mexico
Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho
Soil Foodweb Inc., South Africa
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