Environmental Remediation:

• Remediation is basically the process through which oil eating bacteria is considered to be a remedy to an oil spill.
• second Chemicals that are existent in the oil eating bacteria literally feed on any oil stains or oil spills.
• third Remediation does not just occur on oil spills, it also takes place in other places such as polluted water or sediment.

Oil Eating Bacteria:

• Oil eating bacteria thrive in oil (obviously). When not found around oil, this bacteria will thrive in soil or dirt.
• This bacteria is often relied on to break down oil sources (oil spills).

Gram Stain:

• Oil eating bacteria is a gram negative bacteria.
• This can be seen in pictures. If the bacteria is light pink then it is gram negative. In the lab of oil eating bacteria, the results came back light pink.

Shape:

• Oil eating bacteria are a long rod like shape.

What is this bacteria useful for......?

*Oil eating bacteria is use primarily for the cleaning of oil spills.