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A display illustrating the danger to animals in the sea as a result of the plastic waste that fills the sea, at the Natural History Museum of Berlin. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

How do the bacteria that eat plastic work? A chemist explains

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The robotic arm of the underwater vehicle plucks the oysters from the seabed. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen.

Get to know the oysters that will help clean up oil spills

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The spill in the Gulf of Mexico left behind enormous destruction and damages, some of which are irreversible. Photo: Green Fire Productions, Flickr

Oil-degrading bacteria

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EcoVerde's system is able to remove bad odor as well as other pollutants through a biological process based on a strain of bacteria that feeds on hydrogen sulfide [Image courtesy of Investigación y Desarrollo]

Bacteria will neutralize the sewage smell

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An employee of the National Laboratory in the Savannah River tests the activity of chlorine-eating bacteria

Bacteria that break down dangerous solvents

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