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history. his high school tennis coach says he was the only black person on the team. and earned the nickname turtle because he was quiet and withdrawn. she says he was a smart guy in school but never really applied himself. we are told greene s mother died of cancer when he was but 10 years old and then a decade later his brother died of cystic fibrosis. he also has a political science degree from the university of south carolina. the democrat running from south carolina. now back to one of the top stories of the day and the oil gushing in the gulf of mexico. a florida company offering an alternative to clean up the mess. it s a product that features oil eating bacteria. it s been used before on spills, including the exxon valdez and other accidents involving toxic chemicals. we are told the mike krohn microbe has not been tried in open water. representatives of the florida company claim it will work. vacuums, berms, sandbags,
as we hit day 78 of the oil spill. this has bp and the epa now looking into using a unique bacteria, which could potentially eat up the oil. so far in 77 days bp has reportedly only skimmed and burned about 60% of the oil that they promised they could cleanup in a single day, a total of 250,000 barrels of oil have been burned off the surface of the gulf. steve harrigan is following this part of the story for us. he joins us live from miami. good morning, steve. reporter: rick, good morning, a florida company says one barrel of its product can cleanup one acre of oil beach and they are pushing hard to try and show what they can do. vacuums, berms, sandbags, hay, hair, containment booms, barges have all be tried to fight the gulf oil spill, there is one technique that has not been used we could see soon, oil eating bacteria. they are nature s little housekeepers. they eat it as a food source,
degrade it. they take it apart molecule by molecule. you start off with a very small concentration. reporter: this is one of several companies pitching a type of oil eating bacteria to help cleanup the gulf. their product m u.n. ox is made from naturally occurring microbes that break down oil that are concentrated, fermented and sprayed on the oil. it s commonly used to cleanup toxic industrial accidents, jet fuel spills. oil-eating bacteria was used to help cleanup the alaska shoreline in 1989. we are speeding up nature. if we leave it for nato do it could take 500 years or more. reporter: oil-eating bacteria has been used with some success along the shoreline. it s never been tried in the open sea. many experts think it will be much less effective there because of the high wind and water. back to you. rick: at this point, steve i guess we ll try anything, steve
hay, hair, absorbent booms, containment booms, dispersants and barges have been seen as a possible well. there is one technique we have not seen yet but could see soon. oil eating back tier yanchts bacteria. they degrade it molecule by molecule. start off with a very small concentration. biotechniques in sarasota, florida is one of several companies pitching a type of oil eating bacteria to help clean up the gulf. their product munox is made from natural occurring microbes that break down oil and concentrated, fer meanted and sprayed on the oil. a process called bioremediation. it s commonly used to clean up toxic industrial accidents, jet fuel spills and brown fields. oil eating bacteria was used to help clean up the alaska shoreline from the exxon valdez spill in 1989. we are speeding up nature. if we leave it for nature to do
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