oil degrading bacteria

Forty years after an oil spill in the Arctic, the beaches look normal to bare eyes – but are they?

Can oil spills lead to large marine snow events? After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill people noticed large marine snow…

Microbiology

Nearly one million barrels of oil landed on the seafloor after the Deepwater Horizon spill - a feast if bacteria…

Natural and human caused leakage of oil into the environment is commonplace throughout the world. Scientists are learning how microbes…

After an oil spill, millions of oil-degrading bacteria are on the scene almost immediately. But how do they survive in…