Why We Blend Cultures Against Your Data Instead of Selling Catalogue Items
Why a bacterial culture for industrial effluent has to be selected or blended against your water, what the blend is solving, and what data we need before we can propose one.
How to specify microbial and biological products: selection criteria, documentation, and what to ask a supplier before ordering..
8 articles tagged “Selection guides”
Bacteriophages: A Working Overview of the Biology and Where They Fit in Practice
An overview of bacteriophage biology: how phages attach and lyse, why host range is narrow, what a phage library contains, and how phage work differs from antibiotics.
Storing Wastewater Bacteria: What Determines Shelf Life and How to Keep a Culture Usable
What determines the shelf life of a wastewater culture: carrier, moisture, temperature and storage time, and how to store a product between deliveries without losing activity.
Sophorolipid Biosurfactants in Oilfield Applications: Interfacial Tension, Mobility Control and Temperature Tolerance
How rhamnolipid-type and sophorolipid biosurfactants lower interfacial tension for enhanced oil recovery, and what salt and temperature tolerance means for reservoir application.
Engineered Phages: What a 2025 Review Says About Host Range, Resistance Reversal and Targeted Delivery
A summary of the 2025 peer-reviewed review 'Engineered Phages in Anti-Infection and Anti-Tumor Fields' (Microbial Pathogenesis, PMID 39442821) on host-range engineering, resistance reversal, antigen presentation and targeted delivery, and where 91bio's phage work sits.
Odour Control at Food Waste and Landfill Leachate Sites: How the Chemistry Decides the Product
Food waste and leachate odour is driven by ammonia, hydrogen sulphide and sulphur compounds. How botanical extracts and enzymes differ, and how to select and dose for transfer stations, food waste plants and landfill sites.
How Cat Litter Deodoriser Granules Work: Enzyme and Bacteria Deodoriser Partners
How cat litter deodoriser granules work: enzymatic breakdown of the odour molecules that form in used litter, what bacteria add, and how to choose and dose a granule product.
How to Choose a Wastewater Bacteria Culture for Your Treatment Plant
How to choose a wastewater bacteria culture: match the actual failure mode, check compatibility with existing biology, verify strain data and support.