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Bacteria Naturally 'Eat Up' Oil Spill Contamination by Supplementing Diet with Nitrogen
The discovery that bacteria living in the Gulf of Mexico beaches "ate up"' the contamination leaked from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill by supplementing their diet with nitrogen could lead to far more sophisticated cleanup techniques, researchers say.
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