Marine Bacteria Are Natural Source of Chemical Fire Retardants

Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a widely distributed group of marine bacteria that produce compounds nearly identical to toxic man-made fire retardants.

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