The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills, and thereby accelerating the elimination of pollution, in many cases. It does this by ...

Bacteria like A. borkumensis are important for degrading oil pollution, so these findings are of significant interest.

In a recent war of adverts, Unilever took Bliss, owner of MAQ, to the Advertising Regulatory Board over a commercial that claims that MAQ dishwashing liquid is better than Sunlight Liquid. In the ad, ...