BioLynceus® is committed to discovering natural processes enhanced by organic-based products to reduce pollution and contamination effectively and economically.
As humans have disposed of petroleum and chemicals into soil, they have discovered the inability of natural systems to fully degrade these compounds. This has resulted in pollution challenges throughout the world.
The microbiota of soil consists of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, actinomycetes, yeasts, nematodes, and amoebae. The microbiota provide support for macrobiota such as earthworms, insects, and plant roots. All of this life in the soil is dependent on humus for food and water. The rate of biodegradation (bioremediation) of any substance in soil is dependent not only on the humus content but also on the kind of humus present.
Because of the variety of organic compounds nature is expected to dispose of, the number of microbes adapted to consuming the remains is astronomical, and only a small fraction have been identified.
As conditions change, these microbes face elimination. To survive, many generate spores or cysts by forming a tough, plastic-like wall that protects the individual from the outside environment.
When suitable conditions become available again, food triggers a special enzyme that dissolves the protective wall, and the microbe begins to grow again.
There is virtually no compound found on earth that cannot be degraded by some microbe.
BioLynceus® has discovered ways to improve the degradation of difficult petroleum and chemical compounds. This requires products that buffer the petroleum or chemical compounds to prevent die-off of the indigenous microbes.
This buffering action allows the indigenous microbes to adjust to the petroleum or chemical substrate. These microbes can then use this material as food and degrade it into harmless compounds, thereby reducing contamination.
BioLynceus® has developed microbial activators that speed up the digestive process to a more efficient level. This biological enhancement supports the microbial food web in degrading carbonaceous materials more efficiently.
BioLynceus® has developed organic-based nutrients that support the most efficient biological degradation. The ultimate goal of soil bioremediation is the complete breakdown of chemicals into carbon dioxide, water, and humus.
If BioLynceus® products can be sprayed on immediately, the damaging effects can be reduced by breaking down the hydrocarbon.
The bio-organic material buffers the hydrocarbon to reduce its harmful effects on plants and microbes, then goes to work to biodegrade the hydrocarbon through a series of biological pathways, leaving only carbon dioxide, water, and humus.