Bioremediation

Bio-remediation remove pollutants with the use of microorganism metabolism. You would be able to check the technologies from in situ or ex situ. To discuss about this, In situ bioremediation treats the contaminated material at the site. However, ex situ removes the infected material. Just look some of the examples of bioremediation technologies. They include are landfarming, composting, biostimulation, phytoremediation, bioaugmentation, bioventing, bioreactor, bioleaching and rhizofiltratio.Bioremediation cleans the polluted soil or water using living organisms. The two words bio (biological) and remediation (remedy) forms Bioremediation. The cleaning up the environment with the use of plants which is referred as phytoremediation is also a type of bioremediation.

Bioremediation is a common process using microorganisms to change all the harmful substances. These are transformed into non-toxic carbon dioxide, water, and fatty acids. This occurs as natural microorganisms. This consists of enzymes, chemicals, and weather which combine in eliminating toxins. These natural processes are now done by selecting, concentrating, and acclimating microorganisms. They are allowed to attack and remove the dangerous or useless hydrocarbon products like petroleum products. This is called bioremediation. Bioremediation will eliminate contamination with a speed at lower costs. Microorganisms, requires nutrients to grow and survive. These nutrients include nitrogen, phosphate, carbon, water, and environment. When all these requirements are present, the microorganisms would rather break down all the organic pollutants as a source of carbon for energy and growth.

Working of Bioremediation

The working of Bioremediation depends on the biological processes of microorganisms that come naturally. Let us now discuss them:  

1. Microbial Metabolism:
1. All the chemical reactions of cell or organism are called Metabolism.Chemical reactions form all living processes. The two types of metabolic processes are anabolism which builds complex molecular structures from simpler molecules. The other is the catabolism that breaks down complex molecules into simpler molecules.
2. Anabolism – Building Up: In anabolism, to build various cells, microorganism takes up the chemicals. These chemicals include carbon and nitrogen. These are essential for proteins, sugars and nucleic acids that forms up microbial cells. The process can be described as that these microorganisms take carbon and nitrogen from the soil, water, and air. To make cell parts from the nutrients microorganism needs energy.
3. Catabolism – Breaking Down: Catabolism process allows microorganisms to get energy from the chemicals. When these chemicals break down, they produce energy. Microorganisms utilize this energy for cellular functions.

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Anabolism and Catabolism's Role in Bioremediation

Chemicals at infectedparts form the anabolism and catabolism process.

Other chemicals include phosphorus, potassium, calcium and sodium group. Microorganisms also use trace elements of chromium, cobalt, copper, and iron.

Types of Bioremediation

There are various types of bioremediation which we will be discussing as follows:

1. Biostimulation: 
1. The Nutrients and oxygen which is in a liquid or gas form can be added to contaminated water or soil. This is done to encourage the growth and activity of bacteria. 
2. Bioaugmentation: Microorganisms in bioremediation clean up contaminant added to the polluted soil or water. Bioaugmentation used on contaminants removed from the original site
3. Intrinsic Bioremediation: This is also known as natural attenuation. In this type of bioremediation, it occurs naturally in contaminated soil or water. It is the work of microorganisms.

Applications of Bioremediation

The selected and adapted organisms can be purchased from Calquip. In natural biological degradation, an organism does breakdown process. In the reproduction of the process, it develops the correct combinations of harmless organisms. In all the application, first is the analysis of the soils and then application of the system with microbes and enhancers. There are four steps in Calquip Environmental Corporation’s approach. These include:

• Analysis of soil or material to be treated.
• Development of tailored microbes for treating
• Field applications
• Monitor and adjust