My Media Article

The article I found was called Gulf floor fouled by bacteria oil feast by Janet Raloff. I found it on science news. It basically talked about some oil eating bacteria that has been found on the gulf floor where the oil spill occurred. The deposits that are being seen on the floor now area combination of microbial waste, oil and other remaining things from the clean up effort. There are streams of bacterial slime that are being found making the oil easier for this microbial cauliflower to digest. This slime picks up cells and other things in the water and becomes heavy and sinks to the bottom. The n the article talks about the dead corals and sealife that is also being found on the bottom of the gulf. This slimy waste is just a thing that is able to show more of what was affected by the oil spill. There is going to need to be some heavy monitoring of the life in this area to see what all was affected and what is able to continue living.