WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Manhattan-sized plume of oil spewed deep into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's broken Macondo well has been consumed by a newly discovered fast-eating species of microbes, ...

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How fossil fuels contribute to climate change is now well understood: the burning of hydrocarbons releases carbon dioxide (CO 2), which accumulates in the atmosphere to cause global warming. The ...

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The compounds also included other hydrocarbons, alcohols, ketones and aldehydes. "We studied the possible role of microbes in the formation or degradation of these VOCs by analyzing genomic data on ...

A modern industry can never be sure what sciences it will need. In a new book, Petroleum Microbiology (Elsevier Press; $9.50), Professor Ernest Beerstecher Jr. of the University of Texas tells how the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When containing a massive disaster like an oil spill, small microbes play a big role. Arezoo Ardekani, a Purdue University associate professor of mechanical engineering, has ...

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* BP oil plume gone within weeks of July 15 well capping * Newly discovered microbes eat without cutting oxygen * Faster biodegradation of crude than expected By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment ...