How gas and temperature controlled bacterial response to Deepwater Horizon spill
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 21:30
in Earth & Climate
Scientists used DNA to identify microbes present in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and then identified the microbes responsible for consuming the large amount of natural gas present immediately after the spill. They have also explained how water temperature played a key role in the way bacteria reacted to the spill.