The present invention provides compositions and methods for controlling fecal odor production that develops from agricultural waste which accumulates because of the scale of hog and chicken farming. The compositions for controlling odor in waste comprise isolates of Pseudomonas sp. that assimilate ammonia, degrade skatole and reduce COD. The present invention further provides methods for controlling odors in animal waste storage facilities using the abovementioned Pseudomonas sp. compositions.
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This application is a division of Ser. No. 09/136,588, filed Aug. 19, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,068,774, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/819,855, filed Mar. 17, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,980,747.
The present invention relates to a process for treating a wastewater comprising an ammonium ion species and a phosphorus ion species. The process comprises the steps of: (i) treating the effluent in a first stage of the process to convert the phosphorus to a phosphorus-containing salt; (ii) treating the wastewater in a second stage of the process to convert the ammonium ion species to gaseous ammonia; (iii) removing the struvite and/or other phosphorous containing salts from the effluent; and (iv) removing the gaseous ammonia from the wastewater.
A composition useful for cleaning and bioremediation applications is provided which comprises a Pseudomonas species, an alkali metal nitrate, an ethoxylate nonionic surfactant, and optionally monoammonium phosphate as a buffer in an aqueous solution. The Pseudomonas sp. is stable during storage of the composition.
The present invention relates in general to a method for bacterially treating small-tank toilet systems and an apparatus for using same, and in particular, bacterially treating small-tank portable toilets, such as toilet systems in airplanes, busses, campers, trains, boats, and free-standing portable toilets.
