For years, Blue Homeland was examined inch by inch. Useful bacteria were collected. Years of work produced results. The resulting mixture of bacteria became a lifesaver for the Gulf.
The mixture was used to clean oil waste.
Normally, it can take many years to remove oil waste from the ground, but Prof. Dr. By Mavi Vatan, the scientific group led by Gülşen Altuğ; In other words, with the mixture it extracted from the seas of Turkey, it has significantly shortened this period.
“Since 2000, we have been conducting special studies on bacteria with the work in the Turkish seas. It is a cliche, surrounded by seas on three sides, but we have microorganisms that can be used as living resources.” In nature, even if we do nothing, when oil gets on the ground or in the sea, the natural bacterial community that can consume oil, is resistant to oil and can also consume oil, cleans the oil there, but how long will that take? This could take decades. It may take a period of 5 to 10 years in which we intervene with human hands, multiply the beneficial bacteria there to a large volume, take them to the places where they are needed and even carry out some adaptation studies that increase their performance, without modifying their genetics, only the microorganisms that belong to that ecosystem, other We have developed know-how in the form of some biological adaptations that can increase their performance in certain places, increasing their capacities depending on the area of problem and then testing how many microorganisms are needed there depending on the level of pollution, so tailor-made, area-specific applications.
They are erasing the traces of the Gulf War
The mixture obtained by the Science Group was used to eliminate the negative effects on nature of the Gulf War, one of the most notable events of the 20th century.
In the war that began between Iraq and Kuwait and later involved coalition forces led by the United States, oil fields were burned and waste was mixed underground.
Many teams from developed countries such as the USA and China were invited to Kuwait to clean up this garbage. One of those who received an invitation was Türkiye, thanks to the bacterial mixture.
“Within the United Nations project, we are talking about pollution that began with the extinguishing of burning oil fields with sea water, and a large contaminated area that extended over very large areas, salty soils contaminated with munitions and oil.” We signed a contract for an area of about 3.5 million cubic meters and are successfully continuing the pilot work of the 3rd phase there. There we have achieved success with local marine bacterial isolates. Therefore, an idea that was born at a university reached industry through an R&D system set up by the university's inventor in the Technopark. From there it entered the market and found its place on the international market. Since the cleaning is done piece by piece through tenders and plot by plot, of course there are people from all over the world who want to get involved in this work. The final touch, the part we call fine cleaning, was done with microorganisms. This is where we started, and although there are slow-moving examples that allow removal in much longer time, by using these microorganisms in places of oil pollution, by bacteria that consume oil and consume oil as food, from different countries, after about 20 days we reached 90 percent. We provided immediate relief. At the entire petro-carbon level… This is a success for us. Since marine bacteria are living things that can withstand the dynamic and harsh conditions of the marine environment, using these bacteria can bring far more beneficial results. A patent-based bacterial technology…''
Turkey’s first approved marine fertilizer
Another successful study is local and national microbial fertilizer…
“We have produced Turkey's first licensed microbial marine fertilizer containing marine bacteria,” a completely local raw material. In nature, this already happens by rapidly breaking down some organic substances in the environment and converting them into forms that other organisms can use. “If we put it in the soil and there is a chemical load in the environment, it can tolerate it, and because it makes the plant absorb organic material faster, it increases the productivity and benefits of the plant.”
Beneficial bacteria extracted from the sea are expected to be used in the future to solve various problems. The new goal of the scientific team is to create bacterial mixtures that will eliminate the effects of forest fires…
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