Bacteria iz in ur Gulf, nommin' your oilz

[fynoda]

That's right! The little troopers are actually eating the oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

Bacteria seem to be doing a good cleanup job in gulf
Data collected months ago show populations of carbon-eating bacteria rising in parts of a plume of oil. Now, in the area where the bugs were collected, scientists 'do not see detectable oil.'

Comments

[magus_69]

Go Team Science!

[shirozora]

Ngl, I've been waiting to hear something about this, especially wrt to the Gulf oil spill.

[xforge]

Bacteria mutates pretty easily; wha'dya think it's gonna take to munching on next? Hmmmmmmm?

OT

[ladypolitik]

I love the new comm banner with the special "Help Pakistan" alert so freaking much, but what's up with the lyrics of La Bamba?

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[setosnicegirl]

I love it too. And I was wondering about that.

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[leelakin]

lol tbh this is the first time that I've seen the actual lyrics of la bamba, I always thought the beginning was like "LALALALALALA BAMBA" XD

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[hotcoffeems]

...Well, it really is necessary to have a little grace...

[dyfferent]

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Scientists+odds+over+plume+fate/3439444/story.html

And yet another study says exactly the opposite. WTF science?!

[mephisto5]

Oh noes! Debate! New Evidence! It's.... exactly how science is supposed to work. :P

[crystalviolet35]

I've been hearing conflicting reports on just how much oil the bacteria is taking care of. I would love to believe that this is true, because it means that this oil spill is not going to be as devastating as originally believed. However, irrespective of the bacteria's population and amount of oil consumed, these bacteria still use a lot of oxygen. A bloom of these bacteria mean that extra oxygen is going to be consumed. This still means fish and other marine life in the gulf are in danger of asphyxiation.

So, if this article turns out to be true, it is a mixed blessing to me :-/