A unique group of nearly 40 new bacteria, which can be found almost everywhere, even in the absence of air, when given the right kind of food, has the capability to produce oxygen.
We can think of very many possible applications in this aspect.  They could supply air tanks for deep-sea activities, or treat deep-wound injuries, or even dispose of toxic waste.
Benzene is known to be cancer-causing compound used in industries.  These Novel Bacteria will not get rid of benzene but it can provide oxygen to microbes that do.  These microorganisms that can degrade organic compounds need oxygen to do that but if that depleted, the process stops.
Coupling these organisms will increase to 100 times the degradation rate or it can transform ferrous iron to ferric iron to “trap” radioactive materials, or it can serve as an absorbent to suck those materials away and keep it there.  P to 80 percent of Radio activity can be removed within 24 hours, so that the U.S. Department of Energy granted a new $ 72.286 to research in determining environments that will be suited to this kind of clean-up or ways to make the process more efficient.
Perchlorate, used and manufactured in almost every state, became a great concern by turning up in water supplies and caused an increase in thyroid problems in new borns.
To locate these “clean-up” bacteria, gene-seeking molecules were used to enable scientists to find them.
These bacteria can turn perchlorate into a harmless chloride, a component of table salt.  Other attempts to isolate these “bugs” are looking for connections on the family tree tracing relationship to pin down the clean-up capabilities.Read more