Bioremediation definition

Table 1. Some Biological Definitions Relevant to Bioremediation...

TABLE 1. SOME TECHNOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS RELEVANT TO BIOREMEDIATION... 

The phrase natural attenuation as understood within the context of subsurface remediation of contaminated soil and water evolved over a period of several years. It has largely been accepted as the politically and scientifically appropriate term, however it is still frequently used synonymously with Intrinsic remediation , natural recovery , and natural assimilation . The phrases intrinsic bioremediation and passive bioremediation refer strictly to biologically mediated attenuation processes, which are obviously a less broad definition, not including all the physical and abiotically mediated processes that... 

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