[Digestion] Fwd: providing oxygen to methanogens

Anand Karve adkarve at gmail.com
Thu Sep 25 20:35:38 CDT 2014


Dear List,
the chemicals mentioned in my original communication were examples of
oxygen donors in inorganic chemical reactions. What I am searching for
are organic chemicals having a high oxygen content, and  also having
good digestibility.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:53 AM, David House <david at h4c.org> wrote:
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>
> Dr. Fulford,
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> On 9/24/2014 3:54 AM, David wrote:
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> The chemicals that Dr Karve suggest are used as disinfectants, as excess
> oxygen kills some bacteria. The amount of oxygen that is provided is
> probably important. Small amounts help digestion, larger amounts stop the
> process working. More research seems to be needed.
>
>
> The technical term might be hormesis...
>
>
> d.
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