Using biological agents to clean oil from beaches, for example microorganism that break down oil into chemicals that are environmentally neutral.

The injection of oxygen and nutrients into a contaminated aquifer to foster the growth of bacteria that will ingest or break down contaminants.

The degradation (breakdown) or stabilization of contaminants in the environment by microorganisms. There are many remedial techniques that use microorganisms, such as bacteria, to break down contaminants. Any of these techniques may be called bioremediation.

The use of biological organisms such as plants or microbes to aid in removing hazardous substances from an area.

Use of biological organisms to remove or detoxify pollutants from a contaminated area.

The use of bacteria and other small organisms (such as single-celled and multicellular microbes and fungi) to clean up or reduce unwanted concentrations of certain substances: also known as biotreatment.

A process that uses naturally occurring or genetically engineered microorganisms such as bacteria to transform harmful substances (such as grease in wastewater) into harmless or less harmful substances.

The CBE research program addresses how biofilms "biotransform" organic contaminants to less harmful forms. This process, which can occur either in the subsurface (i.e., in situ) or in engineered reactor systems, is referred to as "bioremediation."

in fly management, the use of microbes and enzymes to breakdown organic substances in drains and plumbing lines, reducing fly habitat.

1) Use of living organisms to clean up oil spills or remove other pollutants from soil, groundwater, or wastewater.

Using bacteria, plants or other biological agents to aid in the clean-up of a contaminated site. These organisms may occur naturally in the area or be added from a different site.

the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances

a clean-up technology that was initially presumed to have great potential, but it became evident that just like the physical and chemical treatment techniques for contaminated solid-phase environments, biological methods had their disadvantages

The utilization of living organisms such as bacteria to break down organic contaminants.

a process to reduce contaminant levels in soil or water by using microorganisms or vegetation

The use of plants and micro-organisms to consume or otherwise help remove materials (such as toxic chemical wastes and metals) from contaminated sites (especially from soil and water). A natural process in which environmental problems are treated by the use of bacteria or other micro-organisms that break down a problem substance, such as oil, into less harmful molecules.

A cleanup process using naturally occurring or specially cultivated microorganisms to digest contaminants naturally and break them down into nonhazardous components.

the addition of microbes to clean up toxic wastes.

Use of microorganisms to control and destroy contaminants.

a biologically mediated corrective process that occurs naturally over time; humans may speed up this process through technology.

The use of organisms such as bacteria to clean up contaminated areas, typically by providing nutrients to help them break down pollutants.

The process by which living organisms act to degrade hazardous organic contaminants or transform hazardous inorganic contaminants to environmentally safe levels in soils, subsurface materials, water, sludges, and residues.

the use of bacteria and other small organisms (such as single-celled and multicellular microbes and fungi) to clean up or reduce the concentrations of environmental contaminants.

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A method of cleaning contaminated land using bacteria to breakdown contaminants on-site, reducing the amount of soil that has to be taken off site for disposal.

The use of natural biological processes (microbes, bacteria, plants, etc.) to break down contaminants and restore contaminated land back to productive use.

remediation technique – typically used to degrade environmental contaminants using native organisms.

The use of biological agents, such as bacteria or plants, to remove or neutralise contaminants, as in polluted soil or water.

a process that uses living organisms to remove pollutants.

The use of organisms, usually microorganisms, to break down pollutants in soil, air or groundwater.

Processes that use living organisms (usually naturally occurring) such as plants, bacteria, yeast, and fungi to break down hazardous substances into less toxic or nontoxic substances.

A natural process in which environmental problems are solved by the use of bacteria or other microorganisms that break down a problem substance, such as oil, into harmless molecules.

The use of organisms to clean up polluted sites.

The use of organisms or enzymes to consume or otherwise help clean up pollutants from a contaminated site

"Remediate" means to solve a problem, and "bio-remediate" means to use biological organisms to solve an environmental problem.

the use of biological systems, usually microorganisms, to decompose or sequester toxic and unwanted substances in the environment.

application of biological processes to treatment of pollution.

Use of microorganisms to remove or detoxify toxic or unwanted chemicals in an environment

the use of living organisms to treat contaminants or remediate contaminated soil, water or air

the use of microorganisms and/or plants (phytoremediation) to decontaminate polluted water and soil.

Correction by biological means.

Biological decontamination of soil, water, or other environmental media. (Phytoremediation is the use of plants for biological decontamination.)

Use of living organisms to clean up oil spills or remove other pollutants from soil, water, or wastewater; use of organisms such as non-harmful insects to remove agricultural pests or counteract diseases of trees, plants, and garden soil.

a treatment that enhances the ability of naturally occurring or cultured microorganisms to degrade organic pollutants in soil

A process of adding nutrients to ground water to speed up the natural process in which bacteria breakdown gasoline and other petrochemicals into harmless compounds.

Using organisms to remove toxins from the environment. Examples: a fungus to detoxify a wood preservative that contaminates soil at sawmills; a bacterium to help clean up oil spills.

use of (bioengineered) organisms or biological processess to degrade environmental contaminants into less toxic forms or to remove them. environmental biotechnology

Bioremediation can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the environment altered by contaminants to its original condition. Bioremediation may be employed to attack specific soil contaminants, such as degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons by bacteria. An example of a more general approach is the cleanup of oil spills by the addition of nitrate and/or sulfate fertilisers to facilitate the decomposition of crude oil by indigenous or exogenous bacteria.