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In reply to the discussion: An explosion in oil-munching bacteria made fast work of BP oil spill, scientist says [View all]kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)81. Not necessarily any. Bacteria come in millions of species. Not all need oxygen.
Many, in fact, are killed by oxygen and don't utilize it for any metabolic processes.
As somebody with a degree in microbiology, I find this whole story completely plausible.
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Sgent
Apr 2013
OP
because it's preposterous---anyone who followed this knows the oil sank to bottom
wordpix
Apr 2013
#75
regardless of whether or not it's legit, how much oxygen is being consumed by the process?
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#74
Not necessarily any. Bacteria come in millions of species. Not all need oxygen.
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#81
It's objective enough to be believable if you didn't just fall off a turnip truck.
Ganja Ninja
Apr 2013
#92
You can still find small tarballs from a 1969 oil spill on the beaches of Southern California
slackmaster
Apr 2013
#38
Same here. The drill before re-entering the house included hosing off sand, using lighter fluid...
slackmaster
Apr 2013
#84
the dispersant had one purpose and that was to hide as much oil as possible from ....
Botany
Apr 2013
#32
And here's an article linking Hazen to $500 million in funding by BP while at berkley labs
Ganja Ninja
Apr 2013
#67
Oh, well. Then Hazen and all of his collaborators must be lying in their research and articles.
LTX
Apr 2013
#71
THIS was part of what Justice Powell was after when he proposed the Powell Manifesto
loudsue
Apr 2013
#5
That's exactly what the Koch's are doing. Giving to schools so they can dictate who gets hired.
judesedit
Apr 2013
#13
Actually, your post reveals that you know nothing about the research being discussed.
LTX
Apr 2013
#107
Still waiting for you or any of the other BP defenders to refute the USF study.
Ganja Ninja
Apr 2013
#95
just like WMD in Iraq, "we know it's true b/c we cherry picked the evidence & left out the caveats"
wordpix
Apr 2013
#79
There's huge money being invested in this being true regardless if it is actually true.
Selatius
Apr 2013
#21
Mother of god. You really need to learn some rudiments about the topic before you post. n/t
LTX
Apr 2013
#66
I learned that BP is trying to spin the gulf spill into a positive for the industry.
Rain Mcloud
Apr 2013
#113
Even the effin BLOB could not have eaten all that oil, especially that fast!
colorado_ufo
Apr 2013
#28
That's all real nice, but it still doesn't distract from the fact that he said what he said during
Javaman
Apr 2013
#54
I work full time on the BP oil spill case. The amount of propaganda they spew is huge!
Dustlawyer
Apr 2013
#34
Many here on DU are distressed this oil spill didnt turn out to be the catastrophy they wanted.
DCBob
Apr 2013
#59
yes nature has a way - it only took 15,000 years after the last Ice Age to bring the ecosystem back
wordpix
Apr 2013
#80
Wow, I love how so many in this thread sound like creationists and other dismissive teabaggers.
phleshdef
Apr 2013
#91
I think BP funding it is definately worth noting, but its doesn't discredit it or give merit
phleshdef
Apr 2013
#96
+ about a million. It would be extremely naive to fail to suspect and look for oil industry
Dark n Stormy Knight
Apr 2013
#108
Once again, please describe in detail what is contradictory between the USF "study" and the
LTX
Apr 2013
#111
I think few would dispute there was a massive die off of creatures wherever the oil plume went.
DCBob
Apr 2013
#112