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BACTA-PUR®
QUALITY CONTROL / QUALITY ASSURANCE  Bacta-Pur
biotechnological products contain communities of beneficial microorganisms isolated
only from soil and natural water bodies and always grown from pure strains. The
quality assurance and control programs assure a high cell count (10x11/mL), the
presence of specific strains and only Class I bacteria (non-pathogenic) ( Health
Canada, 1996 and Gherna et al., ATCC, 1996) in the final products.
Process
monitoring and testing assure that raw water and ingredients are bacteria free
(0 cells/L), that only pure strains isolated and identified by their morphological
and biochemical characteristics are used and that no pathogenic nor hemolytic
bacteria are ever grown within the products. Quality assurance testing of the
final products assures the high cell count, the presence of only Class 1 bacteria
and the viability/activity of the cells estimated by enzymatic or activity assays.
The pathogenicity tests
can lead to a three step procedure: enrichment in a selective broth, growth on
selective and differential media, and isolation, identification confirmed with
biochemical testing (API system). The first step includes 13 different broths,
which may confirm the absence of the bacteria listed below if negative. If positive,
the following steps of isolation and identification, may include:
- Pseudomonas sp. (aeruginosa,
fluorescens, putida...), King’s broth (Atlas, 1993) and
the technique on M-PA
Agar, (APHA-AWWA-WPCF, #9213E ,1989);
- Streptococcus
sp. fecal on K-F Streptococcus Agar (APHA-AWWA-WPCF, #9230, 1989);
- Streptococcus
sp. hemolytic on CNA Blood Agar (Atlas, 1993);
- Salmonella
sp. on tetrathionate broth and bismuth sulfite Agar (APHA-AWWA-WPCF, #9260B, 1989).
- Vibrio sp.,
Aeromonas sp. and Pasteurella sp. on alkaline enriched Broth and TCBS APHA-AWWA-WPCF,
(#9230, 1989).
- Bacillus
cereus on KG Agar (Collins, et al., 1989).
- Staphylococcus
epidermidis on BP Agar, TPEV Agars (Collins, et al., 1989).
- Renibacterium
sp. and Eubacterium sp. on KDM-2 Agar and BHI Agar respectively (Austin, 1988).
- Flexibacter
sp., Flavobacterium sp. and Cytophaga sp. on Cytophaga Agar and (Austin, 1988).
- fungi, yeast,
mycobacteria, Nocardia sp. on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar and Lowenstein-Jensen (APHA-AWWA-WPCF,
#9610B, 1989).
The lot number, which is the expiration date, is the guarantee that the product
is conformed to our standards of quality having passed the QA/QC tests and procedures.
Bacta-Purbiotechnological
products contain beneficial communities of natural bacteria. They are grown in
in the right proportions to create powerful teams that improve water quality and
accelerate the transformation of organic wastes into bacterial biomass, carbon
dioxide and water. Every production lot of Bacta-Pur biotechnologies is analyzed
and cleared for shipment only when certified pathogen free using techniques from
the food industry. |
Bacteria
and Pond Health
Principles of Pond
Health Management
Sludge Reduction in Trout Pond
Reduction
of Airborne Ammonia in Chicken Barn
Reductions of Solids in Cow
Manure
Reduction of BOD and Ammonia in Pig Manure
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