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Finicky Microbes

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