Oil-Eating Bacteria

B2 – Upper Intermediate

An oil spill is a form of pollution. The term is usually applied to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the waters, but spills may also occur on land.

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https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201509/oil-eating-bacteria/

Discussion Questions:

  1. What happened in the Gulf of Mexico?
  2. What can break down the carbon molecules present in oil?
  3. Did the oil-devouring property of marine microorganisms come about by chance? Or was it designed?
  4. How might oil-eating bacteria be helpful to humans and our environment?
  5. Was there ever an oil spill recorded in Spain? How was the incident resolved?
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