DIESEL BUGS, HUM BUGS, CLAD, DIESEL ALGAE, DIESEL BACTERIA

BACTERIA
Utilize hydrocarbons and reproduce 'asexually' by binary fission; swelling in size as they feed, they then separate into two cells. In this way microbes double their numbers every 20 minutes, one spore becomes 262,144 in 6 hours.  Typical bacteria known to utilise hydrocarbons are Pseudomonas aeruginosa, other Pseudomonas species, Flavobacterium spp., Acinetobacter spp., Alcaligenes spp., Micrococcus spp., Arthobacter spp., Corynebacterium spp., Brevibacterium spp., Klebsiella app.

SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA (SRB)
Are a specific group of bacteria utilizing simple carbon, not hydrocarbons, and require the activity of other microbes in a consortium. SRB produce hydrogen sulphide. SRB are also directly involved with many microbial corrosion reactions and can cause sulphide souring of stored distillate products.

SRB's reduce sulphates and produce hydrogen sulphide (a lethal gas). They are directly involved with many microbial corrosion reactions and can cause sulphide souring of stored distillate products. Their action changes the Ph creating an acidic environment, conducive to accelerated corrosion. They attach themselves to the steel as a film and go to work. They derive their nutrition from the surrounding environment and multiply. They are particularly difficult to deal with and produce a sludgy by-product with a strong sulphur odour similar to rotten eggs (hydrogen sulphide).

IRON REDUCING BACTERIA  
Contribute to corrosion, eating steel and reducing ferrite to an oxide through a chemical reaction

YEAST
Bud onto the parent cell, then eventually separate. Reproduction takes several hours and yeast prefer acidy environments. Typical yeasts growing on hydrocarbons are Candida spp., Saccharomyces spp., Torula spp., Torulopsis spp., Hansenula spp.

FUNGUS
Grow in the form of branched hyphae, a few microns in diameter, forming thick, tough, intertwined mycelial mats at fuel/water interfaces. Typical moulds which degrade hydrocarbons are Penicillium spp., Aspergillus spp., Fusarium spp., Monilia spp., Botrytis spp, Cunninghammella spp., Scopulariopsis spp., Cladisporium resinae,  Hormonicus resinae.

CAUSING
Restricted fuel flow, uneven atomization and incomplete combustion caused by slime build up in the fuel lines, filters and injector needles. Cylinders develop cool spots causing uneven wear to the rings and cylinder bores. Acids and gums can eventually leach into the lubricating oil, causing corrosion of the crank components. Some species of diesel bug create acids that remove ions from the atomic structure of metals: this is the main cause of corrosion in fuel tanks, lines, pumps and injectors.

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No filters to change, maintenance is occasional draining. No chemicals, No bug sludge forming in tanks.

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