WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Manhattan-sized plume of oil spewed deep into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's broken Macondo well has been consumed by a newly discovered fast-eating species of microbes, ...

Harrison, F. W., Gardiner, S. L., Rützler, Klaus, and Fisher, C. R. 1994. "On the occurrence of endosymbiotic bacteria in a new species of sponge from hydrocarbon seep communities in the Gulf of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It sounds like modern-day alchemy: Transforming sugar into hydrocarbons found in gasoline. But that’s exactly what scientists have done. In a study in Nature Chemistry, researchers ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers propose using carbon-rich asteroids as a source of edible biomass for long-term space ...

Beyond hydrocarbons, trace metals commonly linked to petroleum—nickel, copper, lead, and vanadium—were detected in water and ...

Bioremediation in cold climates. Cold-adapted microorganisms play a significant role in the biodegradation of organic pollutants in cold environments. Our studies on low-temperatu ...

The Lost City is an extraordinary underwater ecosystem located over 700 meters deep near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Discovered ...

* BP oil plume gone within weeks of July 15 well capping * Newly discovered microbes eat without cutting oxygen * Faster biodegradation of crude than expected By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment ...