EXCELERITE and PROBIOTICS

Ecology of Soil Fungi, Dr. D. M Griffin Australia (Extracts prepared by Dr. Melchior T Dikkers):

Bacteria are the smallest and the most abundant of the free living organisms in the soil.  About 25,000 (side by side) measure an inch.  Despite their minute size, their total weight in the top foot of an acre of fertile soil may be as much as a thousand pounds, or.03% of the weight of the soil.

Autotrophic (self nourishing) bacteria form protein and carbohydrates out of nitrates and carbon dioxide.

Chemotrophic bacteria oxidize carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide; sulfur to sulfates; hydrogen to water, and ammonia to nitrous acid, and nitrous acid to nitric acid.

Denitrifying  bacteria.  A few bacteria are able to make use of nitrogen from the air.  These are principally the legume nodule bacteria or rhizobia which do so in partnership with leguminous plants.  In this case the nitrogen taken from the atmosphere is available to both partners.  However, the right kind of legume bacteria must be present for each legume plant.

Actinomycetes form long threadlike branched filaments and live at the expense of organic residues on or in the soil.  The slightly must odor of newly plowed grass sods or old grains and straw is due mainly to actinomycetes.  They are important in the decomposition and the humification of organic residues.  Some produce antibiotic substances.

Fungi (including molds) constitute about one percent of the total census of the three main groups of micro-organisms in the soil.  Some fungi are microscopic yeasts and simple molds.  Fungi have no green pigment (chlorophyll) and must feed on organic materials.  Many forms are parasites on plants and animals. Fungi are important in decay because they grow vigorously once they have gained a foothold, and they can initiate decomposition.  They can attack organic residues on the surface of the ground whose moisture contents are too low to permit bacterial invasion.  When air circulation is good, fungi rapidly convert organic wastes into cell substance and to carbon dioxide and water.

Algae are the simplest of the forms of plant life that commonly bear photosynthetic prgments.  They are classified as blue, green, red or brown algae and accordingly certain members have animal characteristics leading to new classifications in recent years.  Seaweeds and plankton have significant algae representatives.  Only in the presence of light can algae manufacture their own carbohydrates by using light’s energy to combine carbon dioxide and water.  Some algae also can fix nitrogen from the air.  The protein content of algae dry matter has been measured in excess of 50 percent with yields up to 40 tons per acre on an annual basis.

Nine elements are said to be essential for absorption by plants, i.e.: hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium and iron.  Certain plants like wheat display dramatically enhanced growth by the addition of colloidal silicon.  These may be called the macro elements that everyone knows need to be added back to the soil.  However, just as importantly are the so-called essential trace elements whose minute proportions with their catalytic properties may make the difference between effecting synergies amongst the foregoing or not.  These include boron, molybdenum, vanadium, iodine, nickel, tin, manganese, chlorine, fluorine, copper, zinc, cadmium, cobalt, lithium, lead and selenium.  Some of them are markedly more important for higher life forms which can’t easily obtain these trace elements without supplementation unless they are contained in the plant food that herbivores ingest.

There are about 10 – 20 million bacteria per gram of soil.  The function of these micro-organisms is to break down organic matters such as cellulose and proteins into simple inorganic substances directly available for plan nutrition, or as intermediate products for further synthesis by autotrophic organisms.  A by-product of this process is the dark colloidal material known as humus.

Editor – Chemical fertilizers greatly reduce the number of micro-organisms in our soils causing reduced production and nutrition in the crops.

Humus binds sandy soil and lightens heavy soil.  The power of humus to adsorb bases and hold them against the leaching action of water is one of its most important functions in the soil.  Humus may behave as a weak acid and provides a buffer action on the hydrogen ion concentration of the soil.

Suitable nitrogen compounds tend to increase the bulk of plants, and frequently, to increase the bulk of the less valuable parts of the plant.

Clay particles with their crystalline nature harbor exchangeable cations that occupy definite positions in the “lattice”, a theoretical geometric configuration of special relationships of certain elements comprising a given compound or mineral.  In montmorillonite the layers forming a sandwich of different kinds of sheets (comprised of unique arrangements of the aforesaid lattice “scaffolding”) are not firmly held together, and water can penetrate.  This allows the exchange of cations to take place within the crystal wall as well as on the outside of the clay particle.

The fertility of a soil is largely dependent upon the activity of micro-organisms.

EXCELERITE® is the richest known source of naturally chelated nutrients and minerals suspended within a natural lacustrine Montmorillonite Clay deposit located in Panaca, Nevada.  Dr. Dickers studied the Panaca Source and found it to be the perfect rejuvenator for abused and over farmed soils.  He also found it to be a valuable supplement for the diets of both animals and humans to restore proper nutritional balance in their diets.  Editor – USNNM, Inc.

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