Bacillus additive

Has anyone seen this?

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...?t=2229434

Interesting idea. My day job is molecular microbiologist researching silage inoculants so I have done more than my share of research with bacillus (mostly lactobacillus species and strains). There might be some benefit to this sort of idea. I do think conceptually it may be a bit off, instead of thinking about it like a bacterial additive it should be thought of more as an enzymatic additive. Bacillus are really bags of enzymes with different species and strains producing a tremendous variety of enzymes including somewhat poorly understood N2 generation.

http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/F6JVH0

I am not sold on the idea of these bacteria outcompeting less desirable species, although it is a possibility. If the beneficial results are because of enzymatic activity then there would be no need for additional carbon sourcing nor a concern about skimmers removing the bacteria as the Bacillus would generally not grow to any significant population for enzymatic effect. This would also explain the 3 day dosing. But this sort of product could really produce beneficial results – in theory. I have no hands on experience with this product but the concept is interesting. Purified enzymes tend to be quite expensive and dose dependent, using the raw bacterial product could be an effective delivery method if it can produce the desired results.