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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]
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∙ 14y agoStrains of bacteria are taken from oil and later isolated. The strains of bacteria are grown in a laboratory on a petri dish under controlled heating conditions.
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The development of bacterial strains with specific appetites can be done in the method described above. Alternately bacteria native to an area can be cultivated by adding nutrients to the soil which encourage some of the bacteria in the area to take up oil asa food. These will flourish as the oil is the most abundant food available and eventually represent the majority of the bacteria present.
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∙ 12y agoHow do scientists produce oil-eating bacteria?
By inducing mutations in bacteria
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∙ 12y agorecombinant technology
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