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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.

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