Microbes Found That Eat Hydrocarbons, And Leave Behind Non-toxic Residue
Date: 16.6.2009
**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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