This study is crazy cool. Those images are unbelievable and I hope this gets a lot of interest (and funding) going forward. Really excited to see this become a viable form of oil spill containment
Thank you, it is great to know that scientists are seriously working on solving the problem of how to reduce consequences of the nature's contamination and restore its suffering organisms into their normal healthy condition.
Was fresh water or salt water used in these tests? How about use in soils found around gas stations? This could be a safer way to clean up these pollutants so I hope research continues and we learn how best to deploy these bacteria as well as any negative side effects they may cause. Great science :)
Solution of salts like NaCl, CaCl2, KCl, MgCl2.... in water with NH4Cl, Na2HPO4, and FeCl2 for Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and iron supplements. N, P, & Fe supplements are vital for cell growth and their normal functioning. However, in artificial seawater, the concentration of the supplements is kept a few orders of magnitude larger than that found in seas, so that the bacteria could grow faster.
You can buy a mixture of salts that reconstitute to sea water composition. It's usually used by people with marine aquaria. In this situation it gives a standardized medium for experimental work, and is very convenient.
This study is crazy cool. Those images are unbelievable and I hope this gets a lot of interest (and funding) going forward. Really excited to see this become a viable form of oil spill containment
Thank you, it is great to know that scientists are seriously working on solving the problem of how to reduce consequences of the nature's contamination and restore its suffering organisms into their normal healthy condition.
The link after "Read the paper" is not the right one. This link sent me to an unrelated paleontology paper. You may want to correct that.
Resolved. Thank you!
what kind of effect those masses of bacteria can have on the sea after they are done consuming oil? can they in turn be consumed by sea creatures?
Was fresh water or salt water used in these tests? How about use in soils found around gas stations? This could be a safer way to clean up these pollutants so I hope research continues and we learn how best to deploy these bacteria as well as any negative side effects they may cause. Great science :)
Link to paper in the description is incorrect.
Resolved. Thank you!
Nature always triumph….
Never underestimate bacteria
artificial sea water?!
Tap water and salt?
Solution of salts like NaCl, CaCl2, KCl, MgCl2.... in water with NH4Cl, Na2HPO4, and FeCl2 for Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and iron supplements. N, P, & Fe supplements are vital for cell growth and their normal functioning. However, in artificial seawater, the concentration of the supplements is kept a few orders of magnitude larger than that found in seas, so that the bacteria could grow faster.
You can buy a mixture of salts that reconstitute to sea water composition. It's usually used by people with marine aquaria. In this situation it gives a standardized medium for experimental work, and is very convenient.
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