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Competitive Advantages Thailandensis offers two distinct advantages over current wastewater systems:

1) Thailandensis eliminates the costly step to cool wastewater. Industrial bacteria used in conventional wastewater treatment processes only survive at room temperature. This means the wastewater of the pulp and paper process which exits the plant at 60° Celsius must be cooled before processing. The thailandensis bacteria, in contrast, thrive at 60° Celsius so wastewater can be treated at the same temperature that it exits the plant with no need to cool it. The cooling step represents 20% of the total energy cost of wastewater treatment. The total wastewater process time is reduced from 72 hours to 48 hours.

2) Thailandensis produces astaxanthin, a valuable byproduct. Thailandensis converts the organic discharges from pulp and paper into astaxanthin. Astaxanthin occurs naturally in plankton and krill, and when eaten gives salmon their healthy red color. The aquaculture industry alone spends US$ 2,000 per kg, utilizing over 150 tons per annum to add astaxanthin to the feed of farmed salmon, so farmed salmon could be pink like their wild counterparts