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Friday, August 27, 2021

08-27-2021-1603 - Alcanivorax borkumensis

Alcanivorax borkumensis is an alkane-degrading marine bacterium which naturally propagates and becomes predominant in crude-oil-containing seawater when nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients are supplemented.[2][3]

An oil spill being treated with Alcanivorax 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcanivorax

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