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This adaptability allows PNSB microbes to live in a variety of natural locations — they have
been found deep in soils, within the digestive tracts of earthworms, and at the bottom of ponds and
lakes. PNSB have been used around the world in a variety of industrial applications for bioremedi-
ation and the management of chemical and agricultural wastes. They are well-known for their abil-
itytoreduceodorsbybreakingdownhydrogensulfidegasandammonia.Theycanalsobreakdown
the compounds in lignins, the second most abundant polymer on Earth behind cellulose, leading to
their use in organic matter recycling. Vinny Pinto says that it appears that PNSB “vastly prefer an-
imal waste products, other wastes or even toxic wastes or pollutants (although they can apparently
survive on the wastes and other products of yeast and lactic acid bacteria, and even on the yeast
themselves — indeed, that is part of their mutual interdependence and synergy).”
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PNSB, yeasts, and lactic acid bacteria are the three main groups of microbes in the consortium
thatisEM.ItisthisconsortiumthatgivesEMitsbeneficialeffectssuchastheabilitytoquicklyde-
compose organic matter,suppress pathogens, and eliminate putrid odors.Nowwe will start looking
into how we can use the EM microbes for our ultimate benefit, mainly fermenting food waste.
