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There are naturally occurring bacteria that can live in or on crude oil
They have taken a strain of one of these types and bread it to be more aggressive and oil consuming.
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How did scientists produce oil eating bacteria?
Inducing mutations in bacteria
What is oil eating bacteria?
bacteria that eats oil
What causes the disappearance of oil?
Hydrocarbon eating bacteria
What is the purpose of transgenic bacteria?
To make bacteria with new abilities. Like eating oil.
What beneficial substances are produced by bacteria the large intestine?
Bacteria in the large intestine can produce important vitamins for the body. For example, some bacteria produce vitamin K from eating fiber. Some bacteria also produce vitamin D.
What beneficial substance are produce by bacteria in the large intestine?
Bacteria in the large intestine can produce important vitamins for the body. For example, some bacteria produce vitamin K from eating fiber. Some bacteria also produce vitamin D.
How do scientists produce oil-eating bacteria?
When A. borkumensis bacteria use alkanes as their source of energy, each cell forms a biosurfactant (other sources of energy do not cause the bacteria to produce this biosurfactant). A biosurfactant is an extra layer of material forms along the cell membrane. The substances that make up the biosurfactant of A. borkumensis can reduce the surface tension of water, which helps with the degradation of oil. They are also emulsifiers, which further serve to break up the oil/water emulsion, making oil more soluble. A. borkumensis forms a biofilm (a wall of cells) around an oil droplet in seawater and proceeds to use biosurfactants and metabolism to degrade the oil into a water-soluble substance.[4]
Current topics in bio-technology for poster presentation?
cervical cancer oil eating bacteria to clean oil spills.
Does bacteria eat bacteria?
Some do, yes. Its not exactly "eating" but a process known as "phagocytosis."
How do you get skin diseases?
flesh eating bacteria is spread through close personal contact. butthat does not mean that if you hug someone you will get a flesh eating virus.
What Transgenic bacteria can be used to produce?
Genetically modified bacteria can be used to produce. This is a transgenic bacteria.
What created oil-eating bacteria?
Nature. The oceans have been leaking oil for millennium, and if these organisms didn't exist, every beach in the world would be covered in oil.
