Tuesday, February 8, 2011

What is Bioremediation?

Bioremediation is use of biological processes to degrade,
break down, change, and/or essentially remove
contaminants or impairments of quality from soil and water.
Bioremediation is a natural process which relies
on bacteria, fungi, and plants to alter contaminants
as these organisms carry out their normal life functions.
Metabolic processes of these organisms are capable
of using chemical contaminants as an energy source,
rendering the contaminants harmless or less
toxic products in most cases. 




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