If food and moisture are adequate and the temperature is right, certain bacteria can reproduce in as little as twenty minutes. Enzymes are proteins that are produced naturally by plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and all other living things, and are absolutely necessary for life. They are catalysts that accelerate the rate of chemical reaction without changing themselves, Commercially available enzymes are derived from bacteria and fungi such as Bacillus, Aspergillus and Triochoderma species. In the past, biological products have come in two forms, liquids and powders. The important thing to remember about biological products is that you are dealing with live organisms.
Manufacturers add a food source to both liquid and dry products.
The food source is most often a cereal grain of some sort. As the bacteria eat and reproduce in these non-laboratory conditions, the product's effectiveness decreases rapidly. By the time the product is purchased for use, the buyer has no guarantee of any effectiveness. In addition, liquids and powder forms of this type have a short shelf life. Laguna Ltd. utilizes a patented micro-encapsulation process in all of it's products.