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Not much time to talk about Florida Red Tide today folks but I absolutley had to share this news with all of you:
“The Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego has discovered that RCA bacteria—a natural marine microbe—can attack and kill the single-cell plankton that produce red tide algae.”
Editors Note: As this story evolved, more and more information came to light. This story has been re-written to reflect some of that new information.
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Local High School beats Mote Marine and FWRI easily at developing a Florida Red Tide killer – all they did was try!
It looks as though developing something that would kill red tide blooms instantly was pretty easy after all. Venice High School is testing a patented invention of Bob Rigby’s that kills red tide! Under the watchful eyes of two professors with extensive related experience, the students at Venice High School and his students have been running several rounds of tests on it a year since 2004. The compound he has made is fairly simple. It’s main ingredient is chlorine, like in our drinking water. When applied in proper ratios preliminary testing has shown it kills the red tide algae on contact and doesn’t affect other marine life.
How many different formulas have Mote Marine and FWRI tested? Exactly zero! They’re actually being beaten by a single man and some high school kids.
Sounds like a pretty straight forward story right?
Well this is Florida, of course there has to be some drama . . .
You gotta read the rest of this Florida Red Tide story!