While there’s no official morphotype name that we’re familiar with, the “irregular growth formations” microbe type recognition was passed on from the late Dr. Michael Richard. Based on his experience viewing thousands of wastewater samples over a 40-year career, he referred to these irregular growth formations as an indicator of stress somewhere within the system.
Over the last 10 years, we have seen this correlation often, based upon correlating conditions in plants viewed and their respective microbiology present.The “stress bug” appears to be a fairly reliable indicator of stress, however, it is important to note that there are many potential causes
