06-11-2015, 02:51 AM
(06-08-2015, 05:54 PM)iancampbell Wrote: Todd - IIRC the oil-eating bacteria were found in the environment and merely cultured.
Biofilms are an issue in jets' fuel tanks. Bacteria colonize the interface between water that gets into the tanks and the jet fuel and munches away on the hydrocarbons.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
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"Everbody's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, oh, suddenly you've gone too far." -- Professor Farnsworth, Futurama