Worms eat oil: Alcanivorax borkumensis hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria colonise Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes intestines as a first step towards oil spills zooremediation.

The environmental hazards of oil spills cannot be underestimated. Bioremediation holds promise among various approaches to tackle oil spills in soils and sediments. In particular, using oil-degrading bacteria is an efficient and self-regulating way to remove oil spills.