Newly Discovered Bacteria Could Aid Oil Cleanup

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 13, 2010 @01:11AM from the quick-somebody-come-up-with-a-stupid-name dept.

suraj.sun passes along news from Oregon State University, where researchers have discovered a new strain of bacteria that may be able to aid cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. The bacteria "can produce non-toxic, comparatively inexpensive 'rhamnolipids,' and effectively help degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs — environmental pollutants that are one of the most harmful aspects of oil spills. Because of its unique characteristics, this new bacterial strain could be of considerable value in the long-term cleanup of the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, scientists say." In related news, Kevin Costner's centrifugal separator technology has gotten approval for deployment; now it is only waiting on funding from BP.

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Re:This mess is just too much by commodore64_love · 2010-06-13 03:05 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If ADM was guilty of price-fixing, then they would be sued by the US DOJ as happened to the Record Companies when they price-fixed CDs during the 90s

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