Ammonia Reduction Blend (AMBR-5B)

High ammonia concentrations cause problems in many industries such as wastewater treatment, aquaculture, and animal waste treatment. To address this issue Chemtech and its business partner’s scientists in the Bio­Tech field have set out to isolate strains to deal with these excessively high ammonia levels.

For this research replicate flasks of sterile media consisting of basal salts, glucose, and ammonia were inoculated with different strains of bacteria. The flasks were placed on an incubated shaker, and bacterial growth was monitored over a thirty­-hour period. An increase in growth is indicative of the ability to utilize ammonia for cell growth. As demonstrated in the graph at right, our bacteria have the ability to utilize ammonia.

After screening over 300 strains of bacteria, the best ammonia degraders were combined to form Chemtech’s Ammonia Reduction Blend. This blend was further tested for the ability to reduce ammonia in swine barns. One barn was treated with our scientifically selected bacterial cultures and the other barn was left untreated for comparison. After 6 weeks of treatment, the ammonia and hydrogen sulfide levels were compared between the two barns after.

As is shown in the graph at right, Chemtech’s Ammonia Reduction Blend significantly reduced the ammonia level in the treated barn as well as the hydrogen sulfide level.