How microbes are cleaning up the BP oil spill

ENN
Jul 12, 2015, 8:06 am46 pts
Microbes, primarily bacteria and fungi, get a bad rap in today’s society. However they’ve long played an incredible role within the Earth’s ecosystem. And one of the most important places microbes are transforming the earth is in the Gulf of Mexico, where a number of strains are busy munching up the oil…

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