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Nothing bad will happen from these leaks, gasoline is very biodegradable. Humans will be unharmed and the ecosystem will be unharmed.
by ars 3y ago
Nothing bad will happen from these leaks, gasoline is very biodegradable. Humans will be unharmed and the ecosystem will be unharmed.
- scotty79 3y agoWhich bacteria eat benzene specifically?
- philipkglass 3y agoPseudoxanthomonas spadix BD-a59, for one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592918/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592918/ This is an interesting study. They identified the species by culturing it from contaminated soil sampled at a South Korean gas station. The study also mentions previously identified bacteria that eat BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene -- closely related hydrocarbons having a single aromatic ring) and explains why there are likely to be many as-yet-unknown BTEX-degrading species. The short version: "Countless other BTEX-degrading bacteria may be present in the soil or sediment but may not compete well in aqueous slurries or perhaps cannot grow in minimal medium; thus, this alternative pool of BTEX-degrading populations is likely to be overlooked. Our study reinforced this concept."