Engineered approaches to in situ bioremediation of. The biodegradation process becomes much more efficient and much faster with the use of consortia due to many factors. May 01, 2008 biodegradation is a natural process, where the degradation of a xenobiotic chemical or pesticide by an organism is primarily a strategy for their own survival. Biodegradation and bioremediation by martin alexander. Bioremediation, contaminants, monitoring and saturation received 16 march 2011.
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When microorganisms are imported to a contaminated site to enhance degradation we have a process known as bioaugmentation. Rates of biodegradation in bioremediation studies resulted in total petroleumhydrocarbon losses as high as 1. This course will present the basic principles of chemical and biological degradation of toxic chemicals, and familiarize the students with the application of the remedial technologies in natural environments. Bioremediation techniquesclassification based on site of. Microbial biodegradation and bioremediation 1st edition. Journal of bioremediation and biodegradation open access. This book includes chapters prepared by professionals with expertise in environmental microbiology, biotechnology, bioremediation, and environmental engineering. Sep 16, 2016 nevertheless, in some instances, the term biodegradation is used interchangeably with bioremediation. Intrinsic bioremediation manages the innate capabilities of naturally occurring microbial communities to degrade environmental pollutants without taking any engineering steps to enhance the process. Biodegradation basically involves the conversion of complex organic molecules to simpler and mostly nontoxic ones. Most of these microbes work in natural environment but some modifications can be brought about to encourage the organisms to degrade the pesticide at a faster rate in a limited time frame. The biodegradation transformation or mineralization of a wide.
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