
Researchers are shown gathering samples of microbial communities in layers of sand containing oil. They found that the perturbation led to growth of a succession of microbes that broke down portions of the oil over time. (Credit: Markus Huettel)
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Research Horizons
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Environment, Life Sciences and Biology, Research
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Deepwater Horizon, microbe, microbial community, oil, oil pollution
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- Created By: John Toon
- Workflow Status: Published
- Created On: Dec 4, 2015 - 11:23am
- Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:39pm