Genetically Engineered Microbes in Real Use?

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From: nathan wallace
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 20:52

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I recall hearing on Chicken Noodle News that a bacterium (*Chlostridium*
I suspect, they'll eat virtually anything, including those buried polystyrene
bottles which were supposed to last ten thousand years and instead lasted
five or so...) has been developed to help in some types of oil spills and
was successfully used in a spill near Galveston a few years ago. Anyone
know more about this?

ps. *Chlostridium* are anaerobic soil bacteria, for which we should all be
**very** thankful, I suspect.

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