Newly found microbe helps eat Gulf oil

A fresh study finds oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured BP well degraded at a rate that was "much quicker than anticipated" thanks to the interaction of microbes with the oil particles.<div class="feedflare">
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