Tiny bacteria, such
as Alcanivorax borkumensis pictured here, will ultimately clean up the
ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Image: Courtesy of Heimholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI)
2 comments:
Gracie C.
said...
On March 5th, Gracie said-
This was a very interesting article, even though it was a bit lengthy and hard to understand. The most interesting fact that I learned as that microbes are naturally in the ocean and they clean up daily spills. One of the scientists mentioned in the article said that Oil was not knew to the microbes. The title of this article (or really the question) is How Microbes Will Clean UP the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. I, personally, do not think that the article really mentioned this at all! All the article talked about was how the microbes live in all of the different oceans, and how they eat the oil. There were two oil spills mentioned in the article (That were NOT the deepwater thingiemadoodle). One of which was the BP oil spill. I learned in Science class that BP stands for british petroleum and that spill was on the gulf coast. Another was the Exxon Valdez oil spill. I am going to ask Ms. Ghazarian about that oil spill. Some questions I have even after reading the article are- Who discovered the microbes? Will the microbes work in all conditions? Are the microbes found anywhere else besides the ocean?
This article was really cool! This is a lot like the biodegradation thingy. However, I agree with Gracie that this article didn't talk at all about CLEANING the oil spills. This article was informative, but didn't really go with the headline.
2 comments:
On March 5th, Gracie said-
This was a very interesting article, even though it was a bit lengthy and hard to understand. The most interesting fact that I learned as that microbes are naturally in the ocean and they clean up daily spills. One of the scientists mentioned in the article said that Oil was not knew to the microbes.
The title of this article (or really the question) is How Microbes Will Clean UP the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. I, personally, do not think that the article really mentioned this at all! All the article talked about was how the microbes live in all of the different oceans, and how they eat the oil.
There were two oil spills mentioned in the article (That were NOT the deepwater thingiemadoodle). One of which was the BP oil spill. I learned in Science class that BP stands for british petroleum and that spill was on the gulf coast. Another was the Exxon Valdez oil spill. I am going to ask Ms. Ghazarian about that oil spill.
Some questions I have even after reading the article are- Who discovered the microbes?
Will the microbes work in all conditions?
Are the microbes found anywhere else besides the ocean?
This article was really cool! This is a lot like the biodegradation thingy. However, I agree with Gracie that this article didn't talk at all about CLEANING the oil spills. This article was informative, but didn't really go with the headline.
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