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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.
Answer:
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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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.
Are the bbacteria that break down oil after oil spill in the ocean always present or just come around when there is an oil spill?
The bacteria that break down oil, known as hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria, are typically present in the ocean, albeit in low numbers. They can proliferate significantly in response to an oil spill, as the influx of hydrocarbons provides a rich source of nutrients. While these bacteria can be found in various marine environments, their populations often increase dramatically when an oil spill occurs, facilitating the natural biodegradation process.
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 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.
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.
