Why it is difficult for microorganisms to degrade hydrocarbons in anoxic conditions?
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it is indeed difficult for microorganisms to degrade hydrocarbons in anoxic conditions.
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we know that degradation process is slow.
oxygen speeds up the rate of degradation by microorganisms such as bacteria, virus, fungi etc.
when anoxic conditions {lack of oxygen} are present the process will get extremely slow and microorganisms will find it hard to degrade hydrocarbons.
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hope it helps :)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
it is indeed difficult for microorganisms to degrade hydrocarbons in anoxic conditions.
*******************************************************************
we know that degradation process is slow.
oxygen speeds up the rate of degradation by microorganisms such as bacteria, virus, fungi etc.
when anoxic conditions {lack of oxygen} are present the process will get extremely slow and microorganisms will find it hard to degrade hydrocarbons.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
hope it helps :)
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