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The Gulf Oil Spill: Microbes to the Rescue?

Jay Grimes, a scientist from the research team examining the biological aftermath of the Gulf oil spill, and Ronald Atlas, a researcher involved in the Exxon Valdez cleanup, examine how such spills affect marine microbes and the role of microbes in cleaning up both oil spills, what bioremediation can and can't do, and differences between the spills in the Gulf of Mexico and Prince William Sound.

Moderated by Jeff Fox, Features Editor for Microbe magazine, at the American Society for Microbiology's 2010 General Meeting in San Diego, CA.