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Oil-Eating Bacteria Could Be a Solution to Spill Cleanups | National Geographic

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Five years after the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, oil remains on some marshland and inside plant tissues. Scientists are hoping to combat past and future spills by using oil-eating bacteria that's already naturally occurring in affected plants.
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@gardobasurero
@gardobasurero 9 жыл бұрын
I need this bacteria on my face.
@Skate2EDM
@Skate2EDM 9 жыл бұрын
Rick C me too :)
@yuliazni4006
@yuliazni4006 4 жыл бұрын
@@Ntmoffi Well
@TrueInvisible
@TrueInvisible 9 жыл бұрын
I swear I wrote a story about this bacteria 7 years ago! in my high school! I can't believe that my idea for a story turned into a real thing for real! wow!
@KennKennX3
@KennKennX3 9 жыл бұрын
Amazing.
@billybob4211
@billybob4211 9 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Passarinho86
@Passarinho86 9 жыл бұрын
Invisible Did you write a fictional story about a bacteria that can do this or did you actually research this bacteria and then write a story about this precise bacteria?
@TrueInvisible
@TrueInvisible 9 жыл бұрын
Christian Schaefer it's really funny! in my first highschool year there was a hidden talents discovery event, so lots of students that day gathered and began showing off talents, I gave it a try after a teacher encouraged me because he knows i'm talented with writing, so I wrote a story about an unnamed scientist that visits a certain island to help its residents to heal an unknown new virus, and then he returns home, the funny thing is the second scene in this story that I wrote the protagonist is having a big party with other friends on the ship, while suddenly one of the elder ladies shout out there's an oil on the surface of the sea and we're about to clash with it! the protagonist quickly takes some of his "under testing special bacteria" which in its own turn eats away the oil pollution! that line alone made at that time the teacher that runs the ecology classes to come me face to face to request personally from me to join their club! and so I did! that was about 7 years ago if I recall it now after counting my years yes it was before 7 years ago! do you believe it! when I was 16 years old.
@Passarinho86
@Passarinho86 9 жыл бұрын
Invisible That is pretty crazy... I thought you read about it somewhere and used it as inspiration of something... but the fact that you came up with it on your own and see it now on here, must be absolutely fascinating for you.
@rosenbachrawick6285
@rosenbachrawick6285 4 жыл бұрын
Irina Ermakova in her interview to Andrey Karaulov says that this kind of bacteria is the reason of COVID-19
@jodi_j
@jodi_j 4 жыл бұрын
the reason is actually that chinese guy who ate a bat lol don't @ me
@kdeas10
@kdeas10 9 жыл бұрын
The concept sounds like a good idea but the problem is what type of waste material does the bacteria produce, how long does it take to breakdown the oil, and can it be potentially dangerous to humans and sea life by either affecting the ecosystem negativity or affect sea life and humans negatively if it ends up consumed in some way much in the same way mercury affected sea life and in turn humans.
@arachnid83
@arachnid83 5 жыл бұрын
Ideally, the complete metabolism should produce carbon di oxide and water. But incomplete metabolism can produce intermediate hydrocarbons that may be harmful. So, it depends if scientists can guarantee complete metabolism.
@dazedvirgo5828
@dazedvirgo5828 3 жыл бұрын
Yup, it's going to break down anything it comes in contact with. Flesh eating bacteria.
@thahseen_nv
@thahseen_nv 2 жыл бұрын
If any mutation is occure to the bacteria to turn to his habbit to eating oil. There is no oil left💯💯
@gamingclipz7309
@gamingclipz7309 2 жыл бұрын
@@dazedvirgo5828 you obviously don’t understand anything… what you just said is soooooo moronic
@mescalinemonkey8183
@mescalinemonkey8183 8 жыл бұрын
oyster mushrooms also eat oil (hydrocarbons) allot of myceliums do.
@mureedmurshid9325
@mureedmurshid9325 5 жыл бұрын
are you sure thta oyester eat oil??
@amieryuu
@amieryuu 4 жыл бұрын
yea i just saw a video abt them. oyster mushroom is a kind of fungi, not exactly an oyster. fungi is a decomposer, so they feed on these contaminant and organic material so thats why they can clean them up!
@cannibaltears1979
@cannibaltears1979 9 жыл бұрын
Good conceptual idea for oil spills. Though the question that I pose to you all is what are going to be the problems when this bacteria cannot be controlled after it does its job and just continues to grow out of control so as to do more harm to the seas, oceans, and environment in general?
@mbhtx777
@mbhtx777 4 жыл бұрын
exactly
@shreyassingh7707
@shreyassingh7707 3 жыл бұрын
That could be the ase if foreign or invasive bacteria are used. But since they are focussing on local bacteria to get this done, their must be other creatures which can keep their numbers less. Also when the oil spill is cleaned up, there is less oil for bacteria to feed, lowering population
@atlanticsquib7232
@atlanticsquib7232 2 жыл бұрын
This is why it hasn’t been used yet on such scales. It’s too dangerous without extensive research. We’ve all seen what happened when species get introduced to something else’s eco system
@AssClappicus
@AssClappicus 9 жыл бұрын
Life in the universe at its finest! This is what it's all about, people: adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, repeat!
@lumeme9352
@lumeme9352 4 жыл бұрын
so like this?: adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt, evolve, adapt. that's alot of adapting
@seaofcreativity193
@seaofcreativity193 Жыл бұрын
Here in 2023!
@Sam-nb1rm
@Sam-nb1rm 7 жыл бұрын
It has been 2 years but nothing has changed
@ThaBlueAlien
@ThaBlueAlien 9 жыл бұрын
what waste do they produce?
@amm019
@amm019 5 жыл бұрын
Hmm, good question.
@ramkumarr1725
@ramkumarr1725 3 жыл бұрын
I heard a theory that bacteria that help cleanup oil spills can escape into land and eat oil based food or equipment in land. Is this true?
@alexsimpson2247
@alexsimpson2247 6 жыл бұрын
could this possibly take out the world's oil supply
@dazedvirgo5828
@dazedvirgo5828 3 жыл бұрын
And then, it will eat anything else in the water, from the inside out.
@melville_
@melville_ Жыл бұрын
Hello
@kainemelon2
@kainemelon2 Жыл бұрын
hey
@melville_
@melville_ Жыл бұрын
@@kainemelon2 Hiy hiy
@Iuviciado1
@Iuviciado1 9 жыл бұрын
Well done,keep this great job
@easthialeah7210
@easthialeah7210 9 жыл бұрын
I am very glad and happy to see that people actually care about this earth we live in... Cuz honestly I be gettin' too busy dawwwwwwg :D
@edwardmchenry9017
@edwardmchenry9017 5 жыл бұрын
Can you go into the wate
@rendyprastiko7065
@rendyprastiko7065 7 жыл бұрын
so, is that called "phytoremediation"?
@laureneliselindahl7595
@laureneliselindahl7595 7 жыл бұрын
phytoremediation uses green plants to render contaminants harmless. cleanup is limited to the root zone and cannot be used with contaminants that are readily leachable or highly toxic. to me, this form of remediation is most similar to phytoremediation (the plants essentially are immune to the toxicity) although they later talk about more research to remediation techniques to use for the actual spills
@anthonyrusselvital
@anthonyrusselvital 5 ай бұрын
Why am I reminded of Jackie Chans movie the Spy next door
@sentesues9383
@sentesues9383 2 жыл бұрын
But is it still being used now?
@2pupdog
@2pupdog Жыл бұрын
what happens to bacteria when remediation is complete?
@funkymunky
@funkymunky 9 жыл бұрын
Time to spill some oil!
@MrAdamchristopher2
@MrAdamchristopher2 6 ай бұрын
Could be it's been going on forever
@seanandrewdarrah
@seanandrewdarrah 9 жыл бұрын
Bandaid*
@GrowingDownUnder
@GrowingDownUnder 9 жыл бұрын
Magnestism, use fine magnetic dust and then collect the oil from the surface of the water using a magnet.
@GrowingDownUnder
@GrowingDownUnder 9 жыл бұрын
GrowingDownUnder if it was on land than fungi can clean up the oil, unfortunately large spills are not an easy task to clean regardless of method.
@GrowingDownUnder
@GrowingDownUnder 9 жыл бұрын
GrowingDownUnder hemp fibres also work better than milkweed fibres
@noorm7066
@noorm7066 7 жыл бұрын
please write what they said in video ?
@kptharula
@kptharula 4 жыл бұрын
turn on subtitles
@sudhu4ever
@sudhu4ever 7 жыл бұрын
Lipolytic bacteria!!!???? Great...
@sudhu4ever
@sudhu4ever 7 жыл бұрын
Research is going on?
@allwaysseeking
@allwaysseeking 6 жыл бұрын
what else do you know?
@yuliazni4006
@yuliazni4006 4 жыл бұрын
Everything from nature Make by nature Fix by nature And human break them all Y'now what i mean
@gizadeathstarcazares6739
@gizadeathstarcazares6739 6 жыл бұрын
Uh hum whatever
@DoubleHz1
@DoubleHz1 9 жыл бұрын
God I love science!
@hari9190
@hari9190 5 жыл бұрын
God means science.....check in India.....
@serkova1975
@serkova1975 4 жыл бұрын
The problem that the oil-eating bacteria likes to eat flesh as well. Animals or humans no matter Its very agressive and highly contagious, it can spread even by simple showerrain and if it reach lakes and revers - say bye-bye to our civilisation.
@lecoltetaylor3389
@lecoltetaylor3389 3 жыл бұрын
She mutated
@LxightFxxls
@LxightFxxls 9 жыл бұрын
It's good the bacteria is in the plant and not in the water or else we will need to elect the green party if there is no oil.
@wiloply
@wiloply 9 жыл бұрын
wheres kumar?
@ultimatedilan
@ultimatedilan 9 жыл бұрын
1st yes
@baccataco
@baccataco 9 жыл бұрын
J1st
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