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SUPtABUGS Technical' .Bulletin Description 5uperbugs are formulated sp,ecficaLly ao dispose o,f hazardous waste safely, economically and rapidly. Hazardous waste, for our. purposes, should be defined, ' as insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and petroleum products such. .asI waste oil, diesel fuel, gasoline and solvents - in short", 'anything of an organic nature. Superbugs contain the -necessary specific enzyme systems, both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, as well as microbial nutrients . They work quickly and efficiently to digest chemical organic waste with no odor or noxious gas . What Is Bacterial Digestion? Bacterial digestion is " the "Trocess of bacteria consuming organic matter. The .bacteria feed° on the organic waste, deriving. nutrition for growth and . reproduction. Using complex chemical. reactions , the organic waste is "metabolized down to water and carbon dioxide ( the final metabolic waste products) , providing the bacteria with energy to sustain their life. The end result of this process : organic waste is consumed; used up, and no longer present . to produce odor's, pollution, or unsightly mess . This process is familiar to us all as the decay of dead animal or vegetable matter. It is , a 'natural process that occurs constantly in the environment. . We are meanly assisting Mother Nature by adding massive amounts o£ specific, enzymes and bacteria to hasten the process . Bacteria Cultures Thousands of different types of bacteria exist' everywhe`re in our world, and most of them carry on ".bacterial digestion in some way. However, some of them are found -only in -a particular place (environment) , require specialized types of, food; and/,6r have very unique biological roles (nichesy. a Certain species we .find useful and desirable, while others cause. odors; disease, and . other ' problems . A bacteria is a single cell- lAfe form - each individual cell is a separate, unique organism. Bacteria often grow into colonies.. that appear as jelly-like ma.s:ses; but each cell- remains an independent, individual. life . Bacteria reproduce by a process called cell division. . A mature- bacteria reproduces 'by' dividing into .two "daughter cells" , ' each: Identical to each other and the parent bacteria. Under ideal conditions, bacteria can reproduce very rapidly, producing a new generation every 20 to 30 minutes . Following the reproduction process, we see -that the number of individual bacteria doubles with each generation. The .population" explodes as the number :of" organisms increases .logarithmically, .