The microbial hydrocarbon diet

Bioremediation of industrial sites and petrochemical spillages often involves finding microbes that can gorge themselves on the toxic chemicals. This leaves behind a non-toxic residue or mineralized material. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution, researchers in China describe studies of a new microbe that can digest hydrocarbons.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news163937198.html">The microbial hydrocarbon diet</a></p> <p>Bioremediation of industrial sites and petrochemical spillages often involves finding microbes that can gorge themselves on the toxic chemicals. This leaves behind a non-toxic residue or mineralized material. Writing in the <i>International Journal of Environment and Pollution</i>, researchers in China describe studies of a new microbe that can digest hydrocarbons.</p>