Mipira ya mabakiteriya a nano imatha kuwola ndi kuyamwa ammonia, nitrous nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide ndi zitsulo zolemera, ndipo imakhala ndi mawonekedwe a "multivalent cation", yomwe ingathandize kukulitsa mphamvu yoyamwa mabakiteriya a nitrifying, kufulumizitsa kukula kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, kuchita bwino komanso mwachangu zotsatira za fyuluta, ndikupanga gulu la mabakiteriya opindulitsa.