The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster that will affect wildlife in the oceans and on the shores for a long time. But can microorganisms come to the rescue? bacteria constitute a ...

A deep-sea bacteria could be the answer to cleaning up decades-old oil spills in weeks After a disastrous deep-sea oil spill, a bacteria was discovered at great ocean depths, feasting on the oil.

Last month's blowout of British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil well -- which caused the US Commerce Department to decree today (25th May) that fisheries in three states bordering the Gulf of Mexico ...

Highway crews are using micro-organisms that can transform fuel spills into water within minutes ... enzymes break down the ...

“In the case of an oil spill or any loss of hazardous cargo from ... Smaller hydrocarbons are very attractive to bacteria who will degrade them more quickly than larger molecules – called ...

But just a few months later, an oil spill changed their neighborhood ... nitrite or e-coli bacteria, all of them harmful. According to Eötvös, this is due to the fact that this area, close ...

Jet fuels can be less toxic than crude oil spills, but factors like sea and ... "Smaller hydrocarbons are very attractive to bacteria who will degrade them more quickly than larger molecules ...