ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

A. Kuntal1 and Narendra Kumar2
1Senior Research Fellow at KVK,Jehanabad, Bihar, India.
2Subject Matter Specialist at KVK, Hazipur, Bihar, India.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(1):543-552
© The Author(s). 2013
Received: 25/03/2012 | Accepted: 27/04/2012 | Published: 31/03/2013
Abstract

The term bioremediation has been introduced to describe the process of using biological agents to remove toxic waste from environment. Bioremediation is the most effective management tool to manage the polluted environment and recover contaminated soil. Bioremediation is an attractive and successful cleaning technique for polluted environment. Bioremediation has been used at a number of sites worldwide, including Europe, with varying degrees of success. Bioremediation, both in situ and ex situ have also enjoyed strong scientific growth, in part due to the increased use of natural attenuation, since most natural attenuation is due to biodegradation. Bioremediation and natural attenuation are also seen as a solution for emerging contaminant problems, e.g. endocrine disrupters, landfill stabilization, mixed waste biotreatment and biological carbon sequestration. Microbes are very helpful to remediate the contaminated environment. Number of microbes including aerobes, anaerobes and fungi are involved in bioremediation process.

Keywords

Bioremediation, Biotreatment, Microbes(fungi and bacteria)

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