What is Bioremediation ?

Explanation

Bioremediation.
It is defined as the use of microorganisms or plants to clean up environmental pollution It is an approach used to treat wastes including wastewater , industrial waste solid waste. Bioremediation process is applied to the removal of oil , petrochemical residues, pesticides or heavy metals from soil or ground water . In many cases, bioremediation is less ecpensive and more sustainable than other physical and chemical methods of remediation . Bioremediation process is a cheaper and eco - friendly approach and can deal with lower concentrations of contaminants more effectively. The strategies for bioremediation in soil and water can be as follows :
`**` Use of indigenous microbial population as indicator species bioremediation process.
`**` Bioremediation with the addition of adapted or designed microbial inoculants.
`**` Use of plants for bioremediation - green technology.