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From: boone@ese.ogi.edu (Dave Boone)
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Subject: Re: Oil-eating bacteria
Date: 20 Jan 1995 15:22:27 GMT
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>>         I'm interested in doing a science fair project in the area
>>         of microbiology and I'm wondering if anyone has any information
>>         concerning oil-eating bacteria. Is there a specific type of
>>         bacteria? Where can one find it? Do you think I can base a 
>>         reasonably research project on it?

   [snip]
>So the bugs are probably quite common, and you could simply try to isolate
>them by designing an oil-containing medium.

Check the following reference for a review of hydrocarbon-oxidizing
bacteria and various media for their isolation and maintenance:

Eugene Rosenberg.  1992.  The hydrocarbon oxidizing bacteria, chapter 19,
p. 446-459.  In: The prokaryotes, volume 1, edited by Balows, Tru"per,
Dworkin, Harder, and Schleifer.  Springer-Verlag, New York.

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