The oil crisis in the gulf is now critical. With an estimated 200 thousand gallons leaking a day, many residents fell something must be done fast.

The slick has tripled in size in just days, killing wildlife and keeping fisherman from work. But Round Rock based Micro-Bac says it's oil eating microbes are the solution.

Shrimpers like Eric Drury have no idea when they’ll be able to launch boats. Hurricane Katrina destroyed his last one. The oil spill threatens this one.

"I'm scared,” says Drury. “I don't know what we are going to do. "British Petroleum is working around the clock to stop the leak.

BP says an earlier report stating they've been able to reduce the oil flow is wrong.

"You would see me doing cartwheels down the hallway if that were the case," says Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles.

A local company says it is getting calls from contractors cleaning the gulf. The folks at Micro-Bac say the answer to the gulf's problem could be in carts inside their production facility.

Mico-Bac VP Dr. Dennis Schneider showed KEYE TV the technology they use, "This is actually one of the products we would use in the spill." 

The dirty looking water he showed KEYE TV is full of oil eating microbes. "The bacteria attaches to the oil,” says Schneider. “As they reproduce, they break down the oil.”

Micro-Bac expects to get orders for their microbes in the next day or two. 

"You can see effects in a few days unless it's a lot of oil then it may take weeks," says Schneider.

Meanwhile for shrimpers like Drury they just have to wait and watch.

“It hurting so many ways,” says Drury. “It hurts we can't do what we do for a living."

If the contractors place an order with Micro-Bac it means a financial boost for the company.

Depending on how much bacteria they order, Micro-Bac could earn close to a million dollars.