Data—Compost Tea Analysis

BBC Laboratories, Inc.

ASSAY DATE	GSI EQUIPMENT	INPUTS	HETERO- TROPHIC AEROBIC BACTERIA	ANAEROBIC BACTERIA	YEASTS & MOLDS	ACTINO- MYCETES	PSEUDO- MONADS	NITROGEN- FIXING BACTERIA	TOTAL SPECIES RICHNESS DIVERSITY (SRDT)1
DESIRED RANGE			≥1.0 x 107 CFU/ml	ratio of aerobic to anaerobic should be ≥5:1	≥1.0 x 103 CFU/ml	≥1.0 x 102 CFU/ml	≥1.0 x 106 CFU/ml	≥1.0 x 105 CFU/ml	high > 8 moderate 4.5 - 8 low < 4.5
MAR 2003	System25™	GSI Catalyst™ & SVWF Vermi- compost	1.4 x 108 CFU/ml	2.1 x 107 CFU/ml (ratio of aerobic to anaerobic is 7:1)	4.0 x 103 CFU/ml (yeast=1.1 x 103)	1.4 x 105 CFU/ml	1.7 x 107 CFU/ml	6.7 x 104 CFU/ml	7.0

CFU/ml = Colony Forming Units/milliliter sample
GSI Catalyst™ = Growing Solutions, Incorporated Compost Tea Catalyst™
SVWF Vermicompost = Sonoma Valley Worm Farm Vermicompost
1 The total species richness diversity index (SRDT) is the sum of the individual SRDs for the six functional groups.

Microbial Matrix Systems, Inc.

ASSAY DATE	GSI EQUIPMENT	INPUTS	ACTIVE FUNGI (micrograms/ml)	TOTAL FUNGAL (TF) BIOMASS (micrograms/ml)	FUNGAL DIAMETER	ACTIVE BACTERIA (micrograms/ml)	TOTAL BACTERIAL (TB) BIOMASS (micrograms/ml)
DESIRED RANGE			2-10+ug/ml or 10% of TF	2-20+ug/ml	2.5+um	10-150+ug/ml or 10% of TB	50-300+ug/ml
OCT 2003	System500™	GSI Catalyst™ & SVWF Vermi- compost	23	42	3.0	50	240
OCT 2003	System500™	GSI Catalyst™ & SVWF Vermi- compost	19	41	3.0	46	300

GSI Catalyst™ = Growing Solutions, Incorporated Compost Tea Catalyst™
SVWF Vermicompost = Sonoma Valley Worm Farm Vermicompost