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Published Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: What was the Role of Microbes?
Created By: Role Model Webinar
Last Modified: 3/23/2010
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Concept map presented by Drs. Karen Orcutt and Kjell Gundersen during their March 2011 webinar. It focused on the role of microbes in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They provided specific description of the chemical interaction between microbes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and went into depth about the processes of the "biological pump."