Re: [compost_tea] Typical brew

From: Lmvine1@cs.com
Date: Sun Apr 20 2003 - 18:45:06 EDT


In a message dated 4/20/2003 5:47:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
soilfoodweb@aol.com writes:
> Anyway, fungi are attacked and consumed by anaerobic bacteria when oxygen
> content drops below 6 ppm, or there abouts. We have some great pictures of
> fungal hyphae happily growing until the oxygen content drops too low, and
> then, the ravening hordes of anaerobic bacteria attack and take the fungal
> strands out! You don't even know that those are fungal hyphae, they are so
> buried in bacteria. Only in oxygen below 6 ppm

Thanks Elaine, this is interesting given the comment from SFI on my latest
tea report.
"Notes - lots of prots(FAC's) total fungi counts are from one lg piece, grown
in tea, covered with bacteria."
Underlining added for emphasis.

>From Elaine's comment above it sounds like the oxygen went low and the
bacteria ate the fungi.

Dan Lynch
Long Mountain Vineyard






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