Study details impact of Deepwater Horizon oil on beach microbial communities

Study details impact of Deepwater Horizon oil on beach microbial communities

02/20/2015 01:07 PM EST

Using advanced genomic identification techniques, researchers studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon spill on communities of beach microbes saw a succession of organisms and identified population changes in specific organisms that marked the progress of the oil's breakdown.

Full story at http://www.news.gatech.edu/2015/02/17/study-details-impact-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-beach-microbial-communities

Source
Georgia Institute of Technology

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