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  • Glossary item | 18 Mar 2025

Bioremediation

Active process for the detoxification of polluted ambient media employing the metabolism of microbes, while natural attenuation relies on physical, chemical and biological processes occurring without human intervention.

Pretto, P.; Sanseverino, I.; Demichelis, F.; Lotti, F.; Lahm, A.; Garcia Perez, A.; Ricci, R.; Lettieri, T. Bioremediation of a Polluted Groundwater: Microbial Community Comparison of Treated and Untreated Aquifer through Next Generation Sequencing. Water 2022, 14, 2456. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14162456

Source category: Scientific & Technical Literature