Natural Gas From Oil Spill Gave Microbes a Jump Start (2 of 7) (IMAGE)

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Natural Gas From Oil Spill Gave Microbes a Jump Start (2 of 7)

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Oil collected in booms at the sea surface is towed away from containment and relief well operations and ignited in a controlled surface burn. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Sept. 16, 2010, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. David Valentine of University of California, Santa Barbara, and colleagues was titled, "Propane Respiration Jump-Starts Microbial Response to a Deep Oil Spill."

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David L. Valentine, UC Santa Barbara

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