Bioaugmentation is the addition of natural microbial strains or laboratory enriched variants to the environment to enhance bioremediation.  This can be a highly productive cleaning resource.

EOS Remediation introduces BAC-9™ – an enriched bioaugmentation culture capable of degrading chlorinated solvents to innocuous compounds efficiently via halorespiration. 

BAC-9™ is superior in bioaugmentation for the treatment of chlorinated ethenes. Time can often be a significant factor and expense for in situ bioremediation projects.  By adding BAC-9™ at the beginning, projects receive a "jump start" from the microbial community, reducing the time required to grow the Dehalococcoides sp. population to effective cell densities. 

Types of Application

• Direct injection for in situ treatment
• Inoculation of on-site bioreactors

When Does BAC-9™ Make Sense?

• Accelerated site closeout
• Inadequate microbial activity
• Incomplete dechlorination following biostimulation

Simply Better

• Degrades chlorinated solvents: tertachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-DCE), vinyl chloride (VC), trichloroethane (TCA), carbon tetrachloride (CT), chloroform (CF)
• Rapid and complete degradation of cis-DCE and VC
• Degrades high concentrations of contaminants

Custom Enrichments

Based on your needs, custom enrichments can be produced in fermentors ranging from 7 to 4000 liters per batch, for even the largest contaminated sites. The achievement of appropriate Dehalococcoides sp. cell density is monitored using real-time qPCR.