Process for repairing damage to wood and related cellulosic products caused by termites and other wood damaging insects
AssigneeICyT SpA
InventorManuel Gidekel
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a process for repairing damage to wood and related cellulosic products caused by termites and other wood damaging insects comprising the steps of providing a modification of the bacteria of the genus gluconacetobacter toxic to termites and other wood damaging insects; converting said bacterial modification into a bait attractive to termites and other wood damaging insects as a source of food; and allowing said bacterial modification to produce a by-product ooze capable of repairing would damaged by termites and other wood damaging insects. The process causes the build-up of wood like material, thus effectively repairing the termite damaged areas.
Claims2
A process for repairing damage to wood caused by termites and other wood damaging insects comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a modification of gluconacetobacter malus toxic to termites and other wood damaging insects;
- (b) converting said gluconacetobacter malus into a bait attractive to termites and other wood damaging insects as a source of food;
- (c) allowing said gluconacetobacter malus to produce a by-product ooze which is then used to repair in situ wood damaged by termites and other wood damaging insects.
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