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

Categories

Environment, Life Sciences and Biology, Research

Keywords

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