Bio-remedation consists of utilizing living organisms (such as bacteria, fungi and plants) to absorb organic-molecules, converting them into safer byproducts such as carbon dioxide and water. The process can be carried out on either land or water, but has gained some attention in recent years, especially following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (Gulf of Mexico) Oil […]
Hungry bacteria could be answer to oil spill clean ups
Chemicals are regularly used to help clean up oil disasters, to break up the oil/water emulsion, making oil more soluble and thus removing it from the surface water. Scientists in Germany are looking at away to get away from the chemicals and use an oil eating bacteria instead Having said that, oil-degrading bacteria are not […]
Speeding up nature’s oil spill cleaning process
Imagine if oil spills could be completely cleaned up soon after a marine accident. And this could be made possible thanks to none other than warrior microorganisms who attacked and completely broke down the oil. The latter might sound like a science fiction movie, but it actually happens in nature. Regardless of human methods used […]