Bacteria May Aid Toxic Cleanup
7 November 2002 - 2:00pm
Researchers say a strain of bacteria discovered at the bottom of New York's Hudson River that might serve as an cleaning agent to get rid of a common pollutant.
"TCA was one of the remaining groundwater pollutants for which biodegradation had not been resolved," said James Tiedje, a University Distinguished Professor of microbiology and molecular genetics and of crop and soil sciences. "Till now, there wasn't good evidence there was a biodegradable solution."
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Bacteria May Be Star Player in Toxic Cleanup
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National Geographic, November 4, 2002
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