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Oil-eating bacteria make light work of heavy fuel

Unpicking the route by which microbes produce methane could help to boost the process.

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  1. Jones, D. M. et al. Nature doi: 10.1038/nature06484 (12 December 2007)

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Sanderson, K. Oil-eating bacteria make light work of heavy fuel. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.375

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