The bacteria are able to metabolize oil and have been in the cleanup of oil spills.
There are many well-known types of microbes discovered by discovers/researchers, for example- Bacteroidetes, have the potential to degrade hydrocarbons. During an oil spill, these low-abundance microbes sense hydrocarbons and move toward the source where they flourish and reproduce. Some of the microbes use oil as fuel.
It is found that the Bioremediation is used to clean up oil spills or contaminated groundwater. Bioremediation may be done 'in - situ' at the site of the contamination or 'ex - situ' environment.
There is a specie called Pseudomonas putida which is widely used in oil spill bioremediation. It is there to break down many aromatic compounds like hydrocarbons.
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