Fuel-eating bacteria from your gas cap may help clean oil spills:
, about hungry bacteria, and about how he, Àngela Vidal-Verdú, Daniela Gómez-Martínez, Juli Peretó, and Adriel Latorre-Pérez owe their research success to a Toyota.Even though it is an organic compound, like proteins, sugars, or lipids, this kind of chemical is difficult to metabolize. This means that there are a moderate number of bacteria able to feed on fuel, and those who do, do it slowly.
[an award given out for research that is both silly and thought-provoking] for our study on bacteria living on wasted chewing gums. The compartment behind the metallic tank lid is interesting because it collects bacteria from wherever the car is driving and has fuel as the almost unique carbon source. It hadn't been studied yet, so, a good choice, I guess.
There are already known bacteria that can speed the breakdown of oil or fuels that are found in the ocean and in the dirt. Are all the samples you got new discoveries?What makes and models of cars did you use in the study? Your study found DNA in both gasoline and diesel, but focused on diesel in the testing of the fuel degradation. Why?
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