Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The use of biological agents, such as bacteria or plants, to remove or neutralize contaminants, as in polluted soil or water.
Wiktionary
- n. biochemistry The use of biological organisms, usually microorganisms, to remove contaminants, especially from polluted water
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the branch of biotechnology that uses biological processes to overcome environmental problems.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems
- n. the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances
Etymologies
- bio- + remediation (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Botto said he hopes the same process, called bioremediation, could help protect the Gulf coastline.”
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria
“BP has a team set up to evaluate different proposals around chemical solutions or bioremediation, which is using natural microorganisms that can digest oil to speed up natural processes.”
“Using bacteria to clean up an oil slick is called bioremediation and is practised in many parts of the world.”
“The process, known as bioremediation, uses microorganisms to break down some toxic hydrocarbons present in crude oil into less harmful compounds.”
“The reason is simple, says Atlas, a pioneer in the field of "bioremediation," using microbes or other biological tools to clean up environmental messes, such as oil spills.”
Bioremediation: a solution for quickly cleaning environmental messes?
“At the time of the catastrophic 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, there were great expectations for modern biotechnology applied to "bioremediation," the biological cleanup of toxic wastes, including oil.”
“Exxon called Inipol, a "bioremediation" agent, but the Material Safety Data Sheet listed the solvent and human health hazard, 2-butoxyethanol.”
“In other cases, the company will rely on "bioremediation" – letting oil-eating microbes do the work.”
The Huffington Post: Gulf Oil Spill: Cleaning Wetlands May Be Impossible, Scientists Say
“Several major new industries, such as bioremediation and biomimetics, are well established and appear set to increase, while others have a less certain future.”
Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis~ Appendix A. Ecosystem Service Reports
“However, microbes are extremely dynamic organisms with many diverse applications such as bioremediation use of microbes to return a contaminated environment to its original state and biofuels.”
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