Kombucha scoby reduces E. coli in dairy effluent I Seth Laurenson, AgResearch
What started in a search to make ‘bioplastic’ with a scoby that is used in making Kombucha, AgResearch scientists found it could help kill E. coli. in dairy effluent ponds.
“The scoby decreased the water to a very low pH so then we hypothesised you could potentially use it as an anti-microbal mechanism in effluent,” explains Seth Laurenson, AgResearch
One of this week’s Sarah’s Country’s Change Maker is Seth Laurenson, senior scientist at AgResearch who explains:
Learn more about AgResearch's effluent research in this Farmer's Weekly article
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