Finicky Microbes

By Robert Hannon

Published January 21, 2020 at 3:21 PM AKST

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UAF JR Ancheta

University of Alaska microbiologist Dr. Mary Beth Leigh describes research into the bio-remediation of a miles-long sulfolane plume stemming from a shuttered oil refinery. There is a microbe that can do the job, but it needs oxygen