U.S. Microbics is a biotech holding company. Nicknamed "Bugs", it owns several subsidiaries that utilize its patented microbe technology. Bugs is notable because it is the first US Corporation to build a business around the various commercial uses for microorganisms.Bugs, engages through its subsidiaries in the development, manufacture, and sale of engineered bioremediation solutions for clean up of toxic waste releases to soil and groundwater primarily in the United States and Mexico. The company operates through two divisions, USM Solutions and USM Capital Group, Inc.The USM Solutions division provides proprietary microbial technologies that provide natural solutions to various environmental problems. Its microbes or "bugs" are used to break down various hydrocarbon substances, including oil, diesel fuel, MTBE, Perchloroethylene (PCE), toxic waste, and certain water and soil contamination. This division also provides civil and environmental engineering project management services, including specialists to design, permit, build, and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological, and filtration technologies. It is also involved in the bio-recycling of spent activated carbon filtration media. Further, the USM Solutions division provides ex situ treatment services using its Bio-Raptor system in conjunction with its custom microbial blends, providing direct technical engineering consultation.The USM Capital Group assists in financing and developing environmental companies desiring to go public. It provides management consulting, administrative, and investor relations services. Bug’s technology is used in the applications of environmental, manufacturing, agricultural, and natural resource markets. USM Capital markets the products and services directly to private and governmental customers, as well as through sales agents and joint venture partners.US Microbics incorporated in 1997 after purchasing the proprietary micobial technology from biofirm XyclonyX. US Microbics is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.