Microbes for Quick Clean Up of Toxic Byproducts from Heavy Crude and Oil Sands
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Microbiologists from the University of Essex, UK are exploring the use of microbes to break down and remove toxic compounds from heavy crude and oil sands. However, the process of oil extraction and subsequent refining produces high concentrations of toxic byproducts. Society for General Microbiology Autumn Meeting, 7 Sep 2009).
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