Asphalt-Munching Bacteria Discovered
When you buy through links on our site , we may realise an affiliate mission . Here ’s how it works . Vehicles may crowd the asphalt of downtown Los Angeles freeways above ground , but below footing hundreds of newly discovered bacterium thrive by munching on heavy oil colour and natural asphalt . Trapped in the Rancho La Brea tar pits 28,000 twelvemonth ago , the bacterium are fit with particular enzymes that can break down crude , environmental scientist at the University of California , Riverside news report in a recent issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology ....