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A pollution-eating bacteria first found in sewage sludge may have evolved its talents in response to human contamination of the environment, researchers said on Thursday.
Different strains break down perchloroethylene or PCE, a chlorinated solvent used for dry cleaning; trichloroethylene, used to clean metal parts; chlorobenzenes, used to produce the now-banned pesticide DDT; and polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs, compounds that were once used as coolants and lubricants in transformers.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...u=/nm/20050106/sc_nm/science_superbacteria_dc
Pretty cool.
Different strains break down perchloroethylene or PCE, a chlorinated solvent used for dry cleaning; trichloroethylene, used to clean metal parts; chlorobenzenes, used to produce the now-banned pesticide DDT; and polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs, compounds that were once used as coolants and lubricants in transformers.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...u=/nm/20050106/sc_nm/science_superbacteria_dc
Pretty cool.