Bacteria made fast work of Gulf spill methane

Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 14:33 in Health & Medicine

Methane-munching bacteria digested nearly all the gas released by the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico within just four months, according to scientists who say they were surprised by the bacteria's fast work.

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