HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Pseudomonas can digest the hydrocarbons in oil. They are gram negative bacteria that are found in soil, water and plants and animals. A species called Pseudomonas putida is widely used in oil spill decontamination or bioremediation. It is known to break down many aromatic compounds like hydrocarbons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oleophilic-Oil Eating Microbes (OEMs) which are strains of bacteria that naturally use oils in the environment as their food source. Remediation is defined as any process used to make the environment safe by absorb-ing, destroying, neutralizing or making harmless contaminants or decreasing them to acceptable levels.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bacteria can break down oil to carbon dioxide and water. However, no single organism can break down all the components of crude oil or refined fuels spilled into the environment. The tens of thousands of different compounds that make up oil can only be biodegraded by communities of microorganisms acting in concert.