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high pressure cold water treatments, mechanical clean up, and bioremediation. Hot water treatments were used until they discovered it was killing organisms.
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Clean-up of oil spills with bacteria is limited to spills of oil on soil.
Although there has been some work to develop tailored bacteria for this purpose, naturally occurring soil bacteria are capable of using oil as a food. There is a need to work the soil to ensure aerobic conditions, all nutrients loke nitrogen (nitrates) and monitor drainage to contain any oil that leaches out. Thet soil contains many species of bacteria - when an oil spill occurs some of the bacteria can use the new energy source and become the most numerous, there even may be some evolution of other bacteria that allows recessive oil eating ability to become more dominant. Some clean-up experts like to dose the area to be treated with activated ssludge (concentrated bacterial colonies) from industrial waste water treatment systems that have been treating oily waste to get a jump start on this process of having the right types in place.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoSome microorganism of the genera Nocardia and Pseudomonascan grow in the enviorment where the hydrocarbons are the only source of food. These bacteria oxidize straight chain aliphatic hydrocarbon such as octane to their corresponding carboxylic acids: CH3(CH2)6CH3 +NAD+ O2-------- CH3(CH2)6COOH + NADH + H+ some other essential nutrients must be maintained with oceanic oil spill and to achive this pellets containing nutrients and an oleophilic prepration are used.
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∙ 13y agoA large number of bacteria, including the genus Pseudomonas. See links.
Also, it is interesting that there is a time lag in bacterial action that can last for several days, as volatile compounds in the oil will be toxic to the bacteria. Volatile compounds are typically reduced by evaporation, if conditions are right.
Ultimately, the bacteria will transform the oil into fatty acids and carbon dioxide.
The bioremediation process is explained in the related links. It is interesting to note that usually treatment involves actions to encourage indigenous populations to expand rather than seeding oil spills with bacteria.
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∙ 15y agoBacteria are very helpful in industry. One type of bacteria can digest petroleum, making it very helpful in cleaning up small oil spills.
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∙ 13y agoYes. But only certain types not all bacteria is helpful.
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∙ 12y agoYes.
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How are bacteria helpful when there is an oil spill?
Some living organismes like the bacteria can eat away at the oil.
How does biotechnology help in Pollution reduction?
They created organisms that eat pollutants. There's this one bacteria they discovered that lives on oil. When theres an oil spill they can put these bacteria in there to eat the oil and clean it up.
How do bacteria break down oil in ocean?
The bacteria consumes the bits of oil, then the undigested oil goes through its cleaning system( it has a special kind of cell that allows it to purify the oil and dissolve it) But this kind of Bacteria is rare in salt waters, like the ocean. So actually, the bacteria cannot clean a whole oil spill like the one in the Gulf of Mexico.
What bacteria breaks down hydrocarbon?
The bacteria consumes the bits of oil, then the undigested oil goes through its cleaning system( it has a special kind of cell that allows it to purify the oil and dissolve it) But this kind of Bacteria is rare in salt waters, like the ocean. So actually, the bacteria cannot clean a whole oil spill like the one in the Gulf of Mexico.
How can a small oil spill in the ocean be naturally cleaned up answers?
the bacteria in the ocean
Is the oil spill the kind of oil that you can use for gas?
yes but it would have to be purified before using it.
Which Organism can clear oil spill?
Some Pseudomonas bacteria feed on hydrocarbons; these organisms are used in bioremediation.
When was the last oil spill?
the last oil spill was the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico
What are the other names of BP oil spill?
The 'Deepwater Horizon oil spill', also called the 'BP Oil Spill', the 'Gulf of Mexico oil spill' or the 'Macondo blowout'... ---- Wikipedia
What was the most rescent oil spill?
Deepwater Horizen oil spill.
Was there an oil spill in New Mexico?
No, there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
When did the gulf war oil spill occur?
The Gulf War oil spill occurred on January 23, 1991, and was the largest oil spill to date. It was the largest purposely created oil spill in history.
