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
>
Received on Tue Jan 17 2012 - 05:07:38 EST