Bioremediation Techniques and Processes
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After completion of the process, the water is removed, and the solid ______ are disposed off or processed more to decontaminate remaining pollutants.

wastes

The addition of ______ cultures to a contaminated medium is used frequently in in situ processes.

bacterial

Microbial stripping columns are used to treat ______ emissions.

air

Bioreactors are used to treat ______ or liquids.

<p>slurries</p> Signup and view all the answers

Bioremediation in reactors involves the processing of contaminated ______ material through an engineered containment system.

<p>solid</p> Signup and view all the answers

Bioaugmentation is limited by the fact that nonindigenous ______ rarely compete well enough with an indigenous population.

<p>cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

Different systems of ______ sludge and fixed films are applied in waste water treatment facilities.

<p>activated</p> Signup and view all the answers

The residues for the treatment are usually harmless products and include carbon dioxide, ______, and cell biomass.

<p>water</p> Signup and view all the answers

Microbes able to degrade the contaminant increase in numbers when the contaminant is present; when the contaminant is degraded, the ______ population declines.

<p>biodegradative</p> Signup and view all the answers

Many compounds that are legally regarded as detrimental and dangerous can be biotransformed to harmless products through ______.

<p>bioremediation</p> Signup and view all the answers

Bioremediation is a natural process and is therefore perceived by the public as an acceptable ______ treatment process for contaminated material such as soil.

<p>waste</p> Signup and view all the answers

Furthermore, bioremediation methods could be applied in an integrated manner together and coupled with other ______ approaches.

<p>treatment</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), only around 10 % of all ______ were safely disposed off.

<p>wastes</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Exxon Valdez oil spill and the Union-Carbide (Dow) ______ disaster are examples of environmental disasters.

<p>Bhopal</p> Signup and view all the answers

[Blank] reviews of news reveal the occasional but serious occurrence of environmental disasters.

<p>Abstracted</p> Signup and view all the answers

Large-scale contamination of the ______ Department of Plant Pathology is an example of an environmental disaster.

<p>B.P.Sardrood</p> Signup and view all the answers

Industries continuously release ______ and toxicants that affect the environment.

<p>pollutants</p> Signup and view all the answers

E.M.Goltapeh et al. eds. wrote a book on Fungi as ______ in Soil Biology 32.

<p>Bioremediators</p> Signup and view all the answers

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