RealFeedApp Microbes from two Japanese shipwrecks
Scientists found a diverse community of bacteria feeding on hydrocarbons in fuel from two Japanese shipwrecks in Micronesia, offering a potential solution to pollution that has persisted for eight decades.
- Field
- microbes and viruses
- What they did
- Scientists discovered a diverse community of bacteria in fuel recovered from two sunken Japanese warships in Micronesia, including microbes that feed on petroleum hydrocarbons.
- Why it matters
- This discovery could offer a new way to address a pollution problem that has been lurking beneath the waves for eight decades.
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