POST-BIO TESTS
•POST TESTS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHAT BIOMASS WAS STILL ALIVE AFTER 10 DAY LIQUID MEDIA PERIOD.
   -EXAMPLE: BATCH 2/CYCLE 1:
     -THIOBACILLUS WAS ALIVE IN THE SAMPLES THAT DROPPED THE PH.
     -ALL LIVE SAMPLES IN CYCLE 1 DROPPED PH CONSIDERABLY, EXCEPT THE SAMPLE WITH 10 G/L [SULFUR] (TOXIC AMOUNT OF SULFUR).
     -ALL CONTROLS HAD STEADY PH.

•EXAMPLE: BATCH2/CYCLE 2:(pH)
   -FINAL PH – INITIAL PH FROM BEGINNING OF CYCLE 1 TO END OF CYCLE 2.
   -SHOWS SAME RESULTS AS BATCH 2/CYCLE 1, EXCEPT THAT THE SAMPLE WITH 10 G/L [SULFUR] DROPPED IN PH IN CYCLE 2.
   -MOST DROP IN PH WAS IN THE SAMPLE WITH TEMPERATURE OF 35C, WHICH IS NOT THE STANDARD TEMPERATURE (30C).
   -THE 2ND HIGHEST DROP IN PH WAS IN SAMPLE WITH 0.5 G/L [SULFUR], WHICH IS NOT THE STANDARD SULFUR CONCENTRATION (5 G/L).

-EXAMPLE: BATCH2/CYCLE 2:(ABS.)
   -SHOWS GROWTH OF HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA (ENERGY SOURCE ORGANIC CARBON), SUCH AS ADICIPHILIUM, IN LIVE SAMPLES.
   -CONTROLS REMAINED STEADY AROUND ZERO AS EXPECTED.
   -MOST GROWTH IN SAMPLE WITH ONLY 0.5 G/L [SULFUR], WHICH IS NOT THE STANDARD SULFUR CONCENTRATION (5 G/L)