Microbial Bioremediation of Pollutants Was Used to Help Cleanup What

question 59

Multiple Choice

Microbial bioremediation of pollutants was used to help cleanup what recent environmental disaster?

• A) Deepwater Horizon crude oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.
• B) Contamination of river water with Vibrio cholerae in Haiti following the earthquakes.
• C) Exxon Valdez crude oil spill in Antarctica.
• D) Contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan.

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Definitions:

Capillary Blood

Blood that is collected from the capillaries, often used for tests requiring small amounts of blood, like glucose level tests.

Buffy Coat

The fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following density gradient centrifugation.

Centrifuged

The process of subjecting various materials or solutions to the force of a centrifuge to separate components based on density.

Reference Laboratory

A laboratory owned and operated by an organization outside the physician’s practice.