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The
Oppenheimer Formula includes
communities of sulfide inhibiting microbes that compete with the hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
microbes. Sulfides are oxidized to sulfur compounds which are used by the
microbes.
By adding to and fortifying wastewater with organisms that react with
sulfur compounds under low oxygen conditions, the odor-producing sulfides are effectively
removed from the waste. These microbes compete for the available energy sources thus
crowding out and starving the sulfur metabolizing bacteria. The competition for sulfate in
low oxygen levels decreases the activity of sulfate reducers. In conditions where the
solution may be acidic because of H2S the elimination of the sulfate microbe
results in an environment that is more neutral in pH value. The drop in H2S gas
in the system results in: elimination of odor, increase in aerobic activity, and reduction
in corrosion to the pipes, machinery, and system.
Sulfur compounds are present in all living organisms. Sulfur
amino acids are essential components of cell proteins that are used as part of the
metabolic process by microbes. Frequently, however, the conversion of sulfur results in
the presence of H2S. This forms a strong acidic gas which has a characteristic
smell like rotten eggs and is highly corrosive. In anaerobic (septic) sediments,
waterlogged soils, or in water that has become oxygen-deficient because of pollution,
reduced sulfur compounds are oxidized. H2S may also result from the oxidization
of inorganic sulfates by anaerobic sulfate reducing bacteria. H2S is highly
soluble in water.
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