Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (6th Edition)
Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134711751
Author: Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine: The advantages of bioremediation over other means of cleaning up polluted sites.

Introduction: The word bioremediation has two subparts namely ‘bios’, which means life and ‘remediate’ which means to solve. Bioremediation refers to the use of biological organisms, such as plants and microbes, to prevent or remove pollution by degrading environmental pollutants. The microbes may be native of that contaminated area or they may be isolated from other place and brought to the contaminated region.

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To explain: The opinion that whether bioremediation methods be preferred over traditional methods of cleanup if the neighborhood becomes polluted by a natural disaster.

Introduction: Bioremediation refers to the use of biological organisms, such as plants and microbes, to prevent or remove pollution by degrading environmental pollutants. The microbes may be native of that contaminated area or they may be isolated from other place and brought to the contaminated region.

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