CYTO CULTURE is an environmental biotechnology firm providing bioremediation services and support. The Company uses its own propriety bioreactor technology and laboratory selected strains of aerobic bacteria to biodegrade a wide range of hydrocarbon contaminants in soil and water. Over the past 9 years Cyto Culture has closed 9 in situ ground water sites Teaming with affiliated environmental engineering firms, both in the United States and internationally. Cyto Culture offers technical support to remediation projects worldwide.

A novel shoreline oil spill clean up approach has been developed by CYTO CULTURE to dissolve and extract weathered crude oil off shoreline substrates using a relatively non-toxic BioSolvent formulation containing methyl esters, derived from vegetable oil. The BioSolvent contains no petroleum products or surfactant, but relies on its inherent solvent properties to extract petroleum hydrocarbons from beaches and shoreline services. Recovered petroleum/BioSolvent mixtures are suitable for recycling as burner fuel in ships and power plants.

In recent field demonstrations, supervised by the U.S. EPA and California Dept. of Fish and Game (Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response), the Cytosol BioSolvent facilitated the recovery of weathered fuel oil from a gravel beach and the release of trapped oil from sand. The Cytosol BioSolvent has recently been listed by the U.S. EPA on the National Contingency Plan (NCP) schedule of products for use at oil spills and licensed by the California Dept. of Fish and Game (Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response) as a shoreline cleaning agent.

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