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Back to us saying that microbes had not been, quote, required to meet operational needs. what that means they wouldn't say. the use of microbes hasn' been ruled in or out but remains, they said, potential tool if the situation dictates. some scientists say lab microbes might work. toolishing off remnant shore oil. in open water would simply get washed or blown off. >> we tested about 20 of these for e.p.a. and essentially all of them claimed that-to-have efficacy on open water. we couldn't get any of them to work. >> reporter: experts say that stimulating the naturally occurring microbes might...

Occurring in the sound were used and they cleaned up the oil that could not be removed by hand or machines. >> give them what they are missing, and they suddenly go crazy and grow exponentially. >> reporter: but what about the ones grown in the labs? >> nature uses microbes to degrade petroleum, and i think that bp should, too. >> reporter: why isn't bp introducing them to give those in nature a little help? after days of asking questions, a unified command finally got back to us saying that microbes had not been quote required to meet operational needs. what that means they would not say, but...