Science Oil-eating bacteria could help produce cleaner energy: scientists CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2007 11:07 AM PST | Last Updated: December 12, 2007 ...

Chemical-eating bacteria: A tiny solution for the oilsands' big problem Field trials on a "consortium" of bacteria that thrive on naphthenic acids are set to begin this summer in northeastern ...

Nivatha Balendra, an 18-year-old student at Montreal's Marianopolis College, may have found the answer to cleaning up oil spills in bodies of water right in her own backyard. The young scientist found ...

A researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has identified a new method to clean up oil spills at sea -- bioremediation using oil - ...

"The only way we know how to grow the bacteria is to feed it TCA." The TCA1 bacteria does its bioremediation work under water, which prevents the toxin from escaping into the atmosphere.

"It is nature looking after itself," explains Astorri, "because our bioplastic, which is biobased, helps protect and feed these bacteria, thus accelerating their natural action." The micro powders ...

The Dalian oil spill cleanup started Saturday. By Monday morning, 24 oil clean-up vessels and 800 fishing boats had collected about 460 tonnes of oil.

Highway crews in the U.K. are using fuel-eating bacteria to clean up oil spills. On Feb. 26, 2025, the BBC reported that highway crews in the U.K., specifically Essex Highways, deal with 80 to 100 ...