thanks for the link- good article. On Jun 10, 2010, at 4:29 PM, Del wrote:
> The bacteria are already in the water - they just need some nutrients to > encourage them to eat the oil. > However, they use up oxygen and can cause other species to die off, as well > as algal blooms. > http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-human-condition/2010/05/04/oil-spill-answers-are-we-going-to-use-microbes-to-destroy-the-oil-if-so-how-would-that-work.html > > Del > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathryn Clayton > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:38 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Enzyme Update - OT > > In oil spill cleanup, they can use several different organisms to eat the > oil. The first time it was tried out was with the Exxon Valdez tanker > accident. Now they probably have many more of them. In fact, the first > biological organism that was able to get a patent was engineered to do just > that- help clean up oil spills. I believe it was a guy at Bell Labs, if my > memory serves. > > kathryn > > On Jun 10, 2010, at 3:21 PM, ted mozell wrote: > >> Hey Steve, Why the hell don't they use the oil one over in the gulf for >> the monster clean up Ted >> >> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Norton, Steve <stephen.nor...@ngc.com> >> wrote: >> A quick update on my forage into enzymes. In my first post I referenced >> a patent regarding the use of enzymes as a pesticide. The patent >> mentioned Bacto-Zyme as a preferred source of enzymes. In my second post >> I mentione
