Abstract:
A microbiological cultivation method, and a device for its use is equipped with field-capable system for producing optimal culture conditions for aerobic, microaerobic and anaerobic microbes. They are further equipped with possibilities for independent clean up and sterilization, as well as for gas supply, generation and regulation. This device and method can be used for clinical, environmental and industrial microbial monitoring tasks.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a fermentation process aiming to clean lignite (Figure 1 ), with the purpose of improving the usability of lignite in energy production from the viewpoint of environmental protection, process technology, and overall economic advantage. Characteristic of the equipment used is that its operation is adjusted and optimized by measuring and adjusting the composition and flow rates of gas flows.
Abstract:
Slaughter waste normally contains considerable amounts of so-called stomach manure. Its biotechnical treatment rapidly decreases the waste problem. With the help of the method and device according to this invention stomach manure is first used as a biocatalyst in a process that produces mannitol. After that the lactic acid that at the same time farms into the slaughter waste Is converted with the help of microbes into propionic acid or other useful compounds.
Abstract:
In the combined process for several biorefinery products obtained from a UMC (Undefined Mixed Culture) type of reaction it is possible to obtain biochemicals, energy gases, soil improvement etc. from a MPBU (Multipurpose Biorefinery Unit). The economically beneficial as well as environmentally sustainable results of the arrangement are demonstrated by the integrated process using two reactor systems with zero fiber for the production of lactate (in both the reactors pools 1 and 2). Additionally, mannitol can be produced in one of the reactor pools (number 2). It is possible to a. combine the processes taking into account their biochemical characteristics, b. produce gaseous substances for energy and industrial use, c. obtain organic fertilizers which can be microbiologically upgraded d. improve the adjustability for optimization of the various partial reactivities. The chemical production occurs in two pools which advantageously are inoculated simultaneously.
Abstract:
The effect of organic and other fertilizers to plant nutrition can be improved with the help of microbes. With a method and device according to this invention, especially the usefulness of nitrogen to plants is increased when microbes that affect its circulation in an advantageous way, in respect to plant nutrition, are added either as partial components of a fertilizer or as such, for example in irrigation water. The added microbes may be used as pure cultures, microbe communities or mixed cultures and they advantageously have an ability for the binding of microbiological nitrogen from air. With the help of Clostridium pasteurianum bacteria both the binding of nitrogen and the biochemical processes in soil that correspond to nitrification, can be accomplished. This enables the improvement of plant nutrition, not only by the interaction of microbe communities, but also with the help of the different enzymatic reactions of a single microbe strain and as their sum effect. In experiments using this procedure a 100% crop increase has been achieved with several different cultivated plants.
Abstract:
By using the method and equipment according to this invention it is possible to analyse rapidly a large number of microbiological culture samples, or alternatively of liquid phase samples, based on the gases or gaseous compounds released by them. This invention exploits generally a sample line, along which the samples move, and it can be used for the microbial control tasks in hospitals, industry, hygiene and environmental fields. In this system gas is led into the culture vessels during the growth of the microbe, and gases released by the culture or liquids derived from them are collected into the chambers, capsules or equivalents.
Abstract:
The method and apparatus according to the present invention concentrate the formation of the biotechnical product to active site in the reactor, where the production is accelerated to extreme speeds by altering the conditions. To achieve this, anabolic, catabolic or overflow metabolic reactions can be utilised. The aim is to implement production so that carbon dioxide emissions in particular are minimised The products are e.g. 2,3-butanediol, butanol, ethanol, acetone, organic acids, methane or hydrogen gas and other fuels or compounds necessary for chemical or material production.
Abstract:
The use of the equipment and method corresponding with this invention makes it possible to implement biotechnological production from biomass-based raw materials cost-effectively at, or in the vicinity of, raw material sources. Only some sections of the reactor used, such as supporting structures and the component needed for arranging lead-tliroughs, are implemented with a hard material, such as steel. Additionally, plastic, paper, or textile or another material of this type is used to construct the reactor frame.
Abstract:
With a method and equipment according to this invention the best possible growth start of hygiene indicators and other bacteria and other microbes in water samples is ensured in microbe cultivations for example on Colilert™ media using both static cultivations and bubbled cultures such as in a PMEU (Portable Microbe Enrichment Unit) type cultivation. The objective is the best possible microbiological detection value of a water sample or process sample regardless of whether the said cultivation is implemented without bubbling or other mixing or with it. The equipment and method according to the invention applies to and can be connected with automatic or manual sampling.
Abstract:
The method described in this invention allows a new way of regulating the pH conditions and microbial balance of the small intestine and the entire intestinal channel through facultative anaerobic bacteria, making it possible for this regulation to be based on the use of measurement data obtained from the system. This may be particularly significant in the prevention of various illnesses and obesity, as well as in maintaining a good state of health.