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Some 40 years ago, we developed a strain of microbes that converted ammonia to nitrogenous gases.  The goal was to find a way to augment a waste treatment system’s ability to purify the water.  Oh, we found uses for it at many facilities.  Not the least of which were seasonal facilities that handled poultry wastes.  (These facilities ramped up to handle the demand for turkeys around Thanksgiving and Christmas, when the ambient temperatures were pretty low.  That meant the normal capabilities of a system to biologically remove ammonia were greatly diminished.)

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