Bioremediation for the Guimaras Spill
August 30th, 2006
The Guimaras spill will create more disastrous outcome if we remedies and solutions will not be layed out as soon as possible. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources are thinking of using bioremediation to clear the spill. Three microorganisms – Pseudomonas azelaica, Serratia marcescens, and Xanthomonas maltophilia which are hydrocarbon-consuming organisms can help clear up 87% of the hydrocarbons from the oil.
The process will be costly though because one bioreactor cost $500,000. It’s a very big investment but this does not even suffice for the millions of lives that are affected if no solution can be come up to. Not only the livelihood of the fishermen are lost but also the billions of seawater lives.
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