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Bacteria are often painted as our adversaries, but when it comes to oil spills, toxic chemicals, and radioactive waste, they could be what save us from ourselves.
#microbes #bacteria #oilspills
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Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
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Elaine Seward
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver
Writer/Host:
Sam Jones, PhD
Scientific consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Paige Novak, PhD,
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Gemma Reguera, PhD
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Deepwater Horizon – BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
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Adaptive synthesis of a rough lipopolysaccharide in Geobacter sulfurreducens for metal reduction and detoxification
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A review in the current developments of genus Dehalococcoides, its consortia and kinetics for bioremediation options of contaminated groundwater
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Extracellular reduction of uranium via Geobacter conductive pili as a protective cellular mechanism
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Characterization of mercury bioremediation by transgenic bacteria expressing metallothionein and polyphosphate kinase
bmcbiotechnol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6750-11-82
It looks like microbes can help clean up mining pollution
massivesci.com/articles/microbes-pollution-mining-cleanup
Breathing' bacteria clean up toxic waste: Civil engineering professor Paige Novak and her colleagues rise to the challenge
https://cse.umn.edu/college/feature-stories/breathing-bacteria-clean-toxic-waste
Microbial communities clean toxic waste and generate useful chemicals
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Deepwater Horizon and the Rise of the Omics
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These bacteria clean up radioactive waste
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Cleaning Up Electronic Waste (E-Waste)
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Risk Management for Trichloroethylene (TCE)
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Meet the Microbes Eating the Gulf Oil Spill [Slide Show]
scientificamerican.com/slideshow/gulf-oil-eating-microbes-slide-show
Radiation-eating bacteria could make nuclear waste safer
newscientist.com/article/mg23431211-300-radiation-eating-bacteria-could-make-nuclear-waste-safer
Electrified Bacterial Filaments Remove Uranium from Groundwater
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Molecular structure of different petroleum hydrocarbon representatives
researchgate.net/figure/Molecular-structure-of-different-petroleum-hydrocarbon-representatives_fig1_316965728
Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane, Propane, and Butane by Marine Microbes: A Mini Review
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02056/full
Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria for the Remediation of Oil Pollution Under Aerobic Conditions: A Perspective Analysis
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02885/full
Bacteria are often painted as our adversaries, but when it comes to oil spills, toxic chemicals, and radioactive waste, they could be what save us from ourselves.
#microbes #bacteria #oilspills
You might also like:
How Carbon Capture Works:
youtu.be/wu3hoo3p4Kk
Is There Plastic in My Rain?:
youtu.be/HUAaurZKi6U
Forever Chemicals:
youtu.be/tqKEG5LxPiY
How Do We Fight the California Fires?:
youtu.be/fNGq8hEuNb8
The Science of How Life Started:
youtu.be/f44OWlsLeT0
Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
Producers:
Elaine Seward
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver
Writer/Host:
Sam Jones, PhD
Scientific consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Paige Novak, PhD,
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Gemma Reguera, PhD
Sources:
Deepwater Horizon – BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
epa.gov/enforcement/deepwater-horizon-bp-gulf-mexico-oil-spill
Bacteria used to clean at-home oil spill (video demo)
grainger.com/product/ULTRATECH-Product-Type-Granular-Oil-6XMG7
We still don’t know all of the impacts of the BP oil spill
nationalgeographic.com/science/article/bp-oil-spill-still-dont-know-effects-decade-later
Adaptive synthesis of a rough lipopolysaccharide in Geobacter sulfurreducens for metal reduction and detoxification
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/AEM.00964-21
A review in the current developments of genus Dehalococcoides, its consortia and kinetics for bioremediation options of contaminated groundwater
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468203917301668
Degradation of Deepwater Horizon oil buried in a Florida beach influenced by tidal pumping
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X17309037?via%3Dihub
Diverse, rare microbial taxa responded to the Deepwater Horizon deep-sea hydrocarbon plume
nature.com/articles/ismej2015121
Computer modeling could help chlorine-hungry bacteria break down toxic waste
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2007/06/helping-chlorine-eating-bacteria-clean-toxic-waste
How Microbes Clean Up Our Environmental Messes
popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a7176/how-microbes-will-clean-up-our-messes
Extracellular reduction of uranium via Geobacter conductive pili as a protective cellular mechanism
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21896750
Characterization of mercury bioremediation by transgenic bacteria expressing metallothionein and polyphosphate kinase
bmcbiotechnol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6750-11-82
It looks like microbes can help clean up mining pollution
massivesci.com/articles/microbes-pollution-mining-cleanup
Breathing' bacteria clean up toxic waste: Civil engineering professor Paige Novak and her colleagues rise to the challenge
https://cse.umn.edu/college/feature-stories/breathing-bacteria-clean-toxic-waste
Microbial communities clean toxic waste and generate useful chemicals
https://biodesign.asu.edu/news/microbial-communities-clean-toxic-waste-and-generate-useful-chemicals
Deepwater Horizon and the Rise of the Omics
eos.org/features/deepwater-horizon-and-the-rise-of-the-omics
These bacteria clean up radioactive waste
https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/bacteria-clean-up-radioactive-waste
Cleaning Up Electronic Waste (E-Waste)
epa.gov/international-cooperation/cleaning-electronic-waste-e-waste
Risk Management for Trichloroethylene (TCE)
epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-trichloroethylene-tce
Meet the Microbes Eating the Gulf Oil Spill [Slide Show]
scientificamerican.com/slideshow/gulf-oil-eating-microbes-slide-show
Radiation-eating bacteria could make nuclear waste safer
newscientist.com/article/mg23431211-300-radiation-eating-bacteria-could-make-nuclear-waste-safer
Electrified Bacterial Filaments Remove Uranium from Groundwater
scientificamerican.com/article/electrified-bacterial-remove-uranium-groundwater
Molecular structure of different petroleum hydrocarbon representatives
researchgate.net/figure/Molecular-structure-of-different-petroleum-hydrocarbon-representatives_fig1_316965728
Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane, Propane, and Butane by Marine Microbes: A Mini Review
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02056/full
Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria for the Remediation of Oil Pollution Under Aerobic Conditions: A Perspective Analysis
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