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Science Clinic => Biology => Microbiology => Topic started by: jessicacav on Oct 17, 2019
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Question 1
The use of microorganisms to clean a polluted environment is
◦ bioremediation.
◦ waste treatment.
◦ cooperation.
◦ genetic engineering.
◦ antagonism.
Question 2
In April 2010 an oil rig blowout resulted in a major crude oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. How was the majority of the crude oil cleaned out of the Gulf?
◦ Artificial bioremediation, crude-oil eating microbes were poured into the ocean.
◦ Humans collected the oil from the surface of the water and along the coastline.
◦ Natural bioremediation by microbes already present in the ocean.
◦ Both human collection of oil and artificial bioremediation.
◦ The crude oil still has not been cleaned up.
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Answer 1
bioremediation.
Answer 2
Natural bioremediation by microbes already present in the ocean.
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