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Event: Phytotechnologies for Sustainable Development Conference
Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
Kansas State University was chosen to host the 12th Annual International Phytotechnologies Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan
Sunday, September 27, 2015 (All day) to Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (All day)
Website:
conferences.k-state.edu
globalsoilbiodiversity.org
event
Bioremediation: How to Clean Saturated Soils Using Plants (Phytoremediation) and Fungus (Mycoremediation)
WHEN: November 19, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Mending Degraded Lands to Promote World Peace
antiochseattle.edu
video
Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change using lifestock that mimic nature
youtube.com
Alternative cleanup proposed for Allied landfill deserves close look
Kalamazoo, Michigan
mlive.com
LAHORE, India December 31, 2015 - The Lahore High Court has ordered the Punjab Chief Secretary to take immediate steps for setting up the Bioremediation Project in River Ravi.
During yesterday's hearing, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah ordered the chief secretary to proceed with the recommendations of the River Ravi Commission to protect the fundamental rights of the citizen of Lahore and the aquatic life in River Ravi.
urduwire.com
dawn.com
tribune.com.pk
geopakistan.net
newsunited.com
Even the Sustainable Packaging Coalition isn't buying biodegradability
By Clare Goldsberry
December 30th, 2015
(this is the not-natural way to break down pastics, not bioremediation)
plasticstoday.com
prnewswire.com
Oxo-biodegradable technology converts fragments into biodegradable materials
packagingnews.co.uk
5 Students on Bellandur Lake Clean-up Drive (Bangalore, India)
After an extensive study which spanned for more than a year, the students have now come up with a project to clean up Bellandur Lake. The students have also decided to take up the March Bellandur on December 12 and submit the proposal to the authorities stressing the need to reduce phosphates in Bellandur Lake using an environmentally friendly multi-stage treatment process.
bangaloremirror.com
GrowOnUs, is a small floating garden that is proving it can make a real difference through phytoremediation in Gowanus Canal in New York City, one of the most polluted the waterways in the U.S., designated a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
earth911.com
Hometown kids return home with awards from National FFA Agricscience Fair at the 88th National FFA Convention, Louisville, Kentucky
John and Royce's project was entitled "Environmentally friendly bioremediation: An analysis of Bioremediation in aquaponics systems utilizing recycled glass as a growth medium." Through a grant made possible by the Bandera Education Foundation Barnes and Derry have been studying the viability of using recycled glass as a growth medium in aquponics systems.
banderabulletin.com
Urban Trees Provide Pollution Solution
Trees filter runoff, protect water
newswise.com
Plastics labelled "biodegradable" can add considerably to the physical and chemical pollution of marine ecosystems, says UN report.
thehindu.com
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) opposes biodegradability additives in petroleum-based plastics
Sustainable Packaging Coalition releases position paper.
recyclingtoday.com
Natural History Museum Visitors Get A Look At Microbes In New Exhibit - CBS New York
newyork.cbslocal.com
Environmental science: Chemicals hinder oil-eating microbes : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
nature.com
Microbes that are key indicators of Puget Sound's health in decline | UW Today
washington.edu
UN: "Biodegradable" plastics not the answer to reducing marine litter
euwid-recycling.com
plasticstoday.com
The Very Best Technique For Fulvestrant
dewmodem33.blog.fc2.com
Soil-healing properties of microbes trialled in Queensland - ABC Rural (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
abc.net.au
9 Fascinating Facts About The Microbiome, The Trillions Of Microbes Hidden Inside Us
fastcoexist.com
The Hottest New Cancer Drugs Depend on Gut Microbes - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com
Oil field firm studies biology for spills
Associated Press
billingsgazette.com
U of T wins silver at international science competition
iGEM placed at the Boston jamboree for bioremediation project
thevarcity.ca
Bioremediation- The New Age Cleansing Technology of the Environment
greencleanguide.com
Oil Dispersants Can Suppress Natural Oil-Degrading Microorganisms, New Study Shows
University of Georgia
newswise.com
Cleaning of North End Lake enters Bioremediation phase (South Africa)
The construction phase of the re-mediation of the North End Lake is fully operational with the construction of four stormwater gabion filter ponds at four points around the lake. The multi-million rand project is planned for completion before December.
mype.co.za
budget-accommodation-port-elizabeth.com
educational
Just Garden Landscape News (blog)
justgardenlandscapenews.com
educational
5 Best Plants For Phytoremediation
landarchs.com
educational
Using phytoremediation for the removal of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
umich-env-chem-2015.blogspot.com
educational
Bioremediation: The Favored Method for Oil Spill Clean-ups
ckvango.com
educational
Cleaning Up Pollution With Fungi
ask-us-about-ascus.blogspot.com
educational
Bioremediation - Biodegradation - Biofiltration
chibekxlite.wordpress.com
educational
Beneficial use of research-based consortium of effective microbes; EM
em-solutions.in
educational
Soil Bioremediation Overview (and instructions)
sosenvironmental.com
educational
Biodegradable Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind
ckvango.com
educational
PHYTO-REMEDIATION - An Ecological Approach to Restore Environment
smsenvocare.co.in
3 Examples of Bioremediaton - 3-examples-of-bioremediation
UK researchers have identified a mutant plant that is able to thrive on soil contaminated with high concentrations of the explosive TNT. The finding opens the way to cleaning up the vast swathes of land throughout the world - principally military firing ranges - polluted with the highly toxic and persistent compound. In addition the team has pinpointed the mechanism by which TNT exerts its toxicity in plants, and say this could lead to the development of new herbicides.
mutant-arabidopsis-plant-clean-explosives-tnt-phytoremediation
Blog
Photos showing bioremediation of the Gulf of Mexico - mycoolimages.com
Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis. (B.t.i.)
Environmentally friendly insect control using microbes
Summit Chemical Co Mosquito Bits 30 - summitchemical.com
MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Using microbes to clean up oil spills
Professor Catherine Drennan and graduate student Michael Funk want energy production and environmental protection to go hand in hand.
news.mit.edu
Event
The Association for Environmental Health and Sciences Foundation's (AEHS) 31st Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy - taking place from October 19-22, 2015 at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
aehsfoundation.org
While humans seem hardwired to create pollution, some species of plants, fungi, and bacteria are naturally inclined to clean up the hazardous waste we leave lying around everywhere.
thescienceexplorer.com
Pakistan's new bioremediation plant at the capital's Rose and Jasmine Garden is a joint effort of the scientists of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and Capital Development Authority (CSA).
Pakistan Observer
Business Recorder
EPA finalizes cleanup plan at N.J. paper mill
The EPA is requiring bioremediation using non-hazardous additives to break down the volatile organic compounds in the groundwater.
nj.com
Bioremediation: nature's helping hand against metal pollution
Each year some of our students undertake summer projects and this year was no different. Here's an account of Msci Plant Science student Helen Feord working as part of Dr Jon Pittman's lab to research more into metal pollution. This project was supported by a Faculty of Life Sciences Sustainability studentship.
wordpress
Bioremediation Technologies And Services Market
Bioremediation is a scientific waste management process that uses various, fungi, microorganisms, green plants and their enzymes to reinstate the environment to its original state after removing pollutants from a contaminated site.
bioremediation-technologies-and-services-market.html
video
Watch an animation that explains how to turn a toxic industrial wasteland into a vibrant local park. See how damaged landscapes are restored through bioremediation and redesign.
http://urbanag.tv/tag/bioremediation/
Urban Agriculture TV - UrbanAG.tv
Mushrooms for mycoremediation - malamamushrooms.com * http://www.malamamushrooms.com/mycoremediation.html
phytoremediation article - University of Montreal
Could Contaminated Land Actually Be Good for Trees?
High chemical tolerant plants can be used to rehabilitate land contaminated with heavy metals or petroleum by-products - some 30,000 such sites exist in Canada and 342,000 sites in Europe - through a process termed phytoremediation.
labmanager.com
Could contaminated land actually be good for trees?
New research shows trees grown to decontaminate land can be better at fending off natural predators
eurekalert.org
A Floating Garden Blooms On NYC's Most Toxic Waterway
by Laura Feinstein
The Gowanus Canal is one of the country's most infamous superfund sites, a label designated to hazardous areas requiring long-term and extensive clean-up. Balmori Associates, an NYC-based design firm, is one of the precious few to see potential in the notoriously polluted waterway. Recently they designed, fabricated and launched a floating landscape called GrowOnUs, meant to produce food and filter pollution. - magazine.good.is
Now floating in the middle of the Gowanus Canal, the infamously polluted waterway in Brooklyn: "An experiment to clean water through phytoremediation, desalination and rainwater collection to irrigate productive floating gardens." In short: a plant-filled, pollution-combating, floating island. by fastcoexist.com - fastcoexist.com
Floating island designers: Balmori.com
article - Los Angeles River
Restoring natural habitats
public art and urban gardens to the banks of the L.A. River
flowproject.la
Styrofoam-Chomping Mealworms Can Help Solve Our Trash Problem
computermagazine.com
passivetech.com
Research
Biosorbent Mixture recipes for bioremedation - mksoley.com
educational
Nutrients for Soil Bioremediation alfa-img.com 'Land farming' oil spills might just work in ND - willistonherald.com
A friendly alien photographed September 20, 2015. He is the first of many aliens to teach us new technology to save the planet. What better than phytotechnology??
Information
FRTR Remediation Technologies Screening Matrix and Reference Guide
Ex Situ Biological Treatment for Groundwater, Surface Water, and Leachate
https://frtr.gov/matriX2/section3/3_11.html
https://frtr.gov/matrix2/section4/4-33.html
Oil spill: Bioremediation technology hits Nigeria
By Kunle Kalejaye
biztellers.com
iGEM 2015 to focus on bioremediation
Using synthetic biology to tackle tar sand problem
By Niyma Gyalmo
What if there was a way to get bacteria culture to help clean up toxic substances? This year a team of young researchers from U of T aim to answer exactly that question at the 2015 iGEM competition at the Hynes Convention Centre in Boston. They will be presenting their main project, which focuses on engineering a bacterium to degrade toluene, one of many toxic compounds found in oil sand tailing ponds. iGEM - or, the International Genetically Engineered Machine - is a non-profit international community.
thevarsity.ca
Santa Barbara Oil Spill: Why Aren't Effective and Nontoxic Bioremediation Agents Being Used to Clean Up this Spill?
Article asks why the officials in Santa Barbara are not using bioremediation products, but they already are using them, including the products mentioned in this article.
beforeitsnews.com
Underground Storage Tank Bioremediation Results
In a project (protocols) approved by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Missouri Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund (PSTIF), we were tasked with cleaning up their toughest project first (MW-II). This contaminated underground storage tank underground water remediation problem had been on the books for 6 years with all other attempts to remediate being unsuccessful.
With a US Coast Guard OSRO Certified Contractor controlling the implementation and subsequent testing of Oil Spill Eater II (OSE II) in an underground water contamination setting, we received these results in ONLY a twenty (20) day post OSE II injection.
linkedin.com
Blog
Garden Tower Project on soil and bioremediation
gardentowerproject.com
The giving plant
Phytoremediation plants can help pull toxic chemicals and metals out of the ground. They're helping one urban grower restore its farm.
greenhousemag.com
Hemp
Phytoremediation of urban Brownfields: A Case for Industrial Hemp
kentuckymarijuanaparty.com
Event
Summertown: Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycorrhizae: Cultivation, Gardening, Mycoremediation, Medicinal Use and Permaculture of Fungi with Tradd Cotter
An intimate 2-day immersion course with Tradd Cotter from Mushroom Mountain, author of Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation by Chelsea Green
October 18-19, 2015, Spiral Ridge Permaculture in Summertown, Tennessee
Event
'International Year of Soils' celebration planned in Manhattan, Kansas, Sept. 27, 2015
hpj.com * environmentguru.com
DEP terminates bioremediation at former Log Homes site
Great Barrington - After a downtown bioremediation test project was aborted last summer, and after more than a year of regulatory hassles over use of a new method to decontaminate the future site of a $40 million development, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) put the final kibosh on the work, saying that the agency was, instead, willing to discuss an alternative plan.
theberkshireedge.com
The Tardigrade: Practically Invisible, Indestructible 'Water Bears'
Typically taupe-ish and somewhat translucent, and a sixteenth of an inch or so long, they are variously described as resembling minuscule hippopotamuses (if hippos had giant snouts and eight legs, each with several claws), mites or, most commonly, bears. Many people call them "water bears" or "bears of the moss."
nytimes.com
The future of fungi
Telluride Mushroom Festival celebrates magical world of mycelium
telluridenews.com
Dr. Wade Jeffrey is the new director and vision for the University of West Florida Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation
noodls.com * ricksblog.biz
Hemp
Phytoremediation: Can Hemp Help?
cannagary.com
Water shortage: SAARC states willing to import bioremediation tech from Pakistan
The representatives from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries Monday showed their interest in importing bioremediation technology from Pakistan aimed at coping with water shortage challenges in their respective countries.
The delegates from SAARC countries including Afghanistan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh showed their interest to import bioremediation technology from Pakistan at a conference to ensure proper use of sewerage for irrigation purposes in their respective countries.
brecorder.com
Do you need to detox yourself from chemicals? take this quiz
https://www.timetocleanse.com/quiz/
Educational materials
Microbes and Oil Spills
emaze.com
Educational
Oil Biodegradation And Bioremediation A Tale Of The Two
conto.tk
Event (July 30, 2015)
PhD defense seminar: Harnessing mixed species biofilms for bioremediation
http://www.bio.ucalgary.ca
Educational Materials
Bioremediation Of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil
http://landscapings.gq
Event
IncoNet EaP sessions on Bioremediation and Phytoremediation will be organized as an integral part of the 6th European Bioremediation Conference, Chania, Crete, 29 June-2 July 2015
http://www.ebc-vi.tuc.gr http://increast.eu
NASA:
River of desert dust [including microbes] feeds Amazon forests
http://climate.nasa.gov
Bioremediation of Industrial Fill
http://cl-solutions.com
Event
Community Bioremediation Workshop with Nance Klehm
Nance Klehm of Social Ecologies with East Phillips Earth Repair & Twin Cities Permaculture
Friday, August 14, 2015 at 6:00 PM - Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 6:00 PM (CDT)
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.eventbrite.com/
Research organization
International Phytotechnology Society
http://phytosociety.org
Bioremediation Technical Sales Account Representative
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
Student work
Bioremediation of oil spills in sea water
https://revadiithy.wordpress.com
Earthworms
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
http://www.care2.com/
Earthworms could be used to extract toxic heavy metals, including cadmium and lead, from solid waste from domestic refuse collection and waste from vegetable and flower markets, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management.
http://www.sciencedaily.com
http://www.newswise.com
Event
"A Clean Sweep" will examine the adaptations of plants to natural radiation and their use in bioremediation. Here visitors will be able to investigate bioremediation of natural radiation using Geiger counters in simulated scenarios. The "The Light Fantastic" will explore how plants respond to their environment, including changing climate, by extracting chlorophylls, measuring chlorophyll absorption spectra and photosynthesis.
This event is supported by the Natural Environment Research Council as part of their Summer of Science. June 2015
The Manchester Museum, Manchester, England
https://herbologymanchester.wordpress.com/
Bioremediation for Radiation: Bacteria and Fungi
Bacteria that 'breathe' uranium could be used to naturally clean up radioactive waste Using Fungi to Remediate Radiation at Fukushima
http://exopermaculture.com/
1st of its kind swimming pool uses phytoremediation, other natural methods - does not require chemicals
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/
Video
Innovative water bioremediation: algae for sustainable aquaculture
by Michal Brien
http://www.dailymotion.com/
Editorial
What's behind the DEP's about-face on bioremediation?
https://theberkshireedge.com
Article (Sunset Magazine)
Head to Telluride's Fabulous Mushroom Festival
http://westphoria.sunset.com/
Opinion
13 Year Old Scientist Finds Perfect Solution To The Santa Barbara Oil Spill
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/
Corporation to clean up old dumping yards
Chennai Corporation is planning to set in motion bioremediation of polluted dumping yards of local bodies merged into the civic body's limits. The first dumping yard to be subjected to the process is likely to be a 15-acre site at Pallikaranai. Recurrent fire accidents at the yards have been affecting the air quality of the neighbouring residential areas.
http://www.thehindu.com
Bioremediation Product Successfully Used for Environmentally Safe Treatment of Refinery and Chemical Waste
http://www.pollutionsolutions-online.com
No Swimming: Famous Recreation Area Fails Sanitation Standards
By Vittorio Hernandez
http://www.ibtimes.com.au
How Some Cities Fight And Solve Sewer Overflows
By Vittorio Hernandez
http://www.ibtimes.com.au
How microbes can clean polluted water, from drains to rivers
Bioremediation uses naturally occurring bacteria, fungi or plants to degrade substances that are hazardous to human health or the environment
by Mayank Aggarwal
http://www.livemint.com
Poplar proteomics: Trees from distant sites compared
Poplar trees are cultivated because they are one of the more quickly growing trees and the wood can be used for a variety of purposes, including as a biofuel and in the paper industry. They are also grown to clean up contaminated fields by phytoremediation, acting as natural pumps to withdraw pesticides, fertilisers and heavy metals from the groundwater. For this, their speed of growth is a natural asset.
http://www.separationsnow.com
This Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon. It Could Help Clean The Oceans.
BY NATASHA GEILING
http://thinkprogress.org
World Organic News
Mobileland Garden: Ecological Landscape & Phytoremediation Recovery at Global in Summertime
http://www.worldorganicnews.com
Govt to announce landfarm guidelines (New Zealand)
The Government will be announcing national guidelines this week for oil industry waste farms - known as landfarms.
http://www.radionz.co.nz
Natural News
uranium
Bacteria that 'breathe' uranium could be used to naturally clean up radioactive waste
http://www.naturalnews.com
MOBILELAND GARDEN: ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE & PHYTOREMEDIATION RECOVERY AT GORBAL IN SUMMERTIME
https://mobilelandglasgow.wordpress.com/
International Business Times
Advantages Of Bioremediation Brought To Light By Increasing Pipeline And Open Water Pollution
http://www.ibtimes.com.au
Microbes and insects could boost plant health, improve farm yields | Genetic Literacy Project
http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org
Unand, Batan Cooperate in Bioremediation of Wheat Land in Solok (Sumatra)
http://sumbar.antaranews.com
NBC News
Alien Life on a Comet? Microbe Musings About Philae Spark Skepticism
by ALAN BOYLE
http://www.nbcnews.com
CNN Money
Cost Efficiency Advantages for Bioremediation Waste Management Techniques & Products Lead to Global Distribution Opportunities as Company Expands its Distributor Channels
http://money.cnn.com
NASA
Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet: River of desert dust feeds Amazon forests
http://climate.nasa.gov
Mighty Farming Microbes: Companies Harness Bacteria To Give Crops A Boost : The Salt : NPR
http://www.npr.org
Webmaster complaint
When I Google search "hazmat landfills" and bioremediation, I only get these links:
http://www.industrialinterface.com
http://www.industrialinterface.com
http://www.industrialinterface.com
Landfills would be the most effective place to use bioremediation, but it appears at this writing, most hazmat landfills only store the toxic sludge in containers, and they don't do much to transform it back into usable dirt. Even if you don't grow food in remediated soil, at least it could be used as roadside dirt, or in construction. What's the use of leaving crappy, toxic soil in storage? It will ultimately leak out and cause more pollution, meanwhile costing major dollars to keep in storage. Somebody tell me why this makes any sense? The next time I Google "hazmat landfills" and bioremediation, I want to see a lot more progress.
Urban microbes come out of the shadows: Nature News & Comment
http://www.nature.com
Blog
permaculture Phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminants in soil
https://permaculturelist.wordpress.com
Mushrooms Hold Key to Stormwater Treatment
http://planetsave.com
Metagenomic Sequencing Unearths Strange New Bacteria From Bioremediation Site
https://www.genomeweb.com
Video
Phytoremediation of the Oil Sands
http://www.dailymotion.com
Smart bioremediation to clean water, protect wild rice
http://inquiry.research.umn.edu
Encyclopedia listing
Phytoremediation in Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com
Video
Toxic Realities and Radical Remedies: A Grassroots Bioremediation Intensive
http://1080plus.com
Blog
Phytoremediation, Biodiversity, and Saving the Bees
http://sugarcookie1975.thoughts.com
Deodorizing balls help clean waterways, remove stench
Philippine city begins to use bioremediation for local waterways.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph
Portland installs turbines in their city water pipes that Generate Electricity
https://www.minds.com
http://www.trueactivist.com
Portland's New Pipes Harvest Power From Drinking Water
http://www.fastcoexist.com
Portland Now Generates Electricity From Turbines Installed In City Water Pipes
http://magazine.good.is
Aqua Landscaping (recently showcased in Dwell magazine)
http://www.aquascapeinc.com/
Enlisting The Services Of Microbial Communities Microbes that can break down organic pollutants could play an important role in cleaning the waterways of highly urbanized areas.
Asian Scientist Newsroom
http://www.asianscientist.com
Global Microbial Biosurfactants Market Receives Massive Boost from Change in Consumer Preference: TMR News
The microbial biosurfactants market is primarily driven by a shift in consumer preference from synthetic and chemical-based surfactants to biobased products.
http://www.digitaljournal.com
Article - Boston
Mass. DEP halts bioremediation at former Log Homes site; more data needed, agency insists
Great Barrington - A $40 million development project envisioned for what is still a toxic waste site on Bridge Street had yet another setback last month when the state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) told the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire (CDC) that it would not allow "experimental bioremediation" efforts to continue without "empirical evidence" that they actually work.
https://theberkshireedge.com
https://theberkshireedge.com
2006 Alert fuel spill cleaned using bioremediation techniques
Technique uses natural microorganisms to break down fuel
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca
Video
Mushrooms for Backyard Medicine: Tradd Cotter from Mushroom Mountain
youtube.com
Microbes Can Survive In Meteorites If Shielded From UV Radiation
by Elizabeth Howell for Astrobiology Magazine
Moffett Field CA
http://www.spacedaily.com
http://phys.org
OMNNI worked closely with the Wisconsin DNR, Winnebago County, the City of Menasha and a forestry consultant to remediate a contaminated site in Menasha using phytoremediation. The site was once a former drum recycling operation.
http://www.omnni.com/
Tree research could clean ground pollution
WJFW TV
How Modern Life Depletes Our Gut Microbes - Goats and Soda - NPR
http://www.npr.org/
It's 'Earth Day' !!! Let's celebrate the wonders of fungi and mycoremediation
https://sweeteclecticism.wordpress.com/
A systems approach to improved root traits - Philip Benfey
New Phytologist
youtube.com
UWF earns $231,000 grant to continue oil spill research
University of West Florida
http://pensacolatoday.com/
http://pressgrab.com/
http://article.wn.com
Local Bio-Remediation Efforts
The Bioremediation Collective is a group of people who care deeply about the coastal environment and want to play an active role in protecting against, and remediating, the destruction to our beloved coast.
Our current project is one of Mycoremediation, a process of using oyster mushroom myclia to break down toxins and oil left in water. This project was inspired by the recent oil spill in English Bay [Vancouver, Canada], and is geared towards preparing people of the coast to have enough mycelia growing to clean up this present and future oil spills.
http://bioremediationcollective.org
Educational
Bioremediation & Mycoremediation to clean up oil spills
Posted by AbZu
http://www.abzu2.com/
Another good page from this site:
http://www.abzu2.com/
Blog posts on microbial bioremediation for oil contaminated waters
http://inagist.com/
educational/definition of Phytoremeciation
Phytoremediation is an environmentally-friendly tool for the removal of toxic compounds, such as heavy metals, from contaminated soils. . . .
http://carleton.ca/
academic study
Bioremediation of heavy metal in paper mill effluent
using pseudomonas spp S.R.Paranthaman and B. Karthikeyan
International Journal of Microbiology Vol. 1, Issue 4
Microbioz Journals
http://www.microbiozjournals.com/
video
Algae Bioremediation for Waste Treatment (great video)
http://www.dailymotion.com/
input request
EPA Encourages the Public to Provide Input on Plan to Address Contaminated Groundwater at Curtis Specialty Papers Superfund Site in Milford and Alexandria Township, New Jersey; Public Meeting to Take Place May 28, 2015
http://yosemite.epa.gov/
Bioremediation: Cleaning Waterways With Tiny Microbes
A seven-year scientific study has revealed that microbial communities in urban waterways has the potential to play an important role in cleansing Singapore's waterways and also act as raw water quality indicators.
The study found that canals designed to channel rainwater host microbial communities that could remove and neutralise organic pollutants in raw water. These organic pollutants are currently at trace levels in raw water—well below the United States-Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) drinking water standards—which is removed during water treatment processes.
http://www.greenatom.net/
Class
Environmental Applications of Plants: Bioremediation & Bioenergy
Prof. Sharon Doty
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
University of Washington, College of the Environment
http://courses.washington.edu/
https://uwsfr.files.wordpress.com
Educational
Bioremediaton of Oil Hydrocarbons Contaminated Soil
Iwona Zawierucha
Institute of Chemistry, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Poland
http://people.unica.it/
educational bioremediation graphics and explanation
http://midnighthome.com
Researcher Aura Nousiainen's story as a bioremediation researcher
http://www.syke.fi
Educational
Slide show to explain mycoremediation
http://slideplayer.com/
Educational article
Phytoremediation: Super-plants Technology to Clean up the Environment
by Rohini Bansode
http://www.biotecharticles.com/
Article - Times of India
IMC in action mode to curb trenching ground fire
Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) is planning to insert vent pipes in mounds of municipal waste to release trapped methane and station fire tenders on permanent basis to douse fire.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
Video: Bioremediation of Crude Oil in Amazon Rain Forest
by Male Jared
http://www.dailymotion.com/
Article - Scientific American
How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill
The microscopic organisms bloomed in the wake of the Macondo well disaster
By David Biello
Like cars, some microbes use oil as fuel. Such microorganisms are a big reason why BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not far worse.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/
Research
Spent mushroom compost for bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon polluted soil: A review
Okerentugba, P.O., Orji, F.A., Ibiene, A.A., and Elemo, G.N.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Department of Biotechnology, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, PMB 21023, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.
http://garj.org/full-articles/ (PDF will download automatically to your computer)
Executive Indifference Delays Phytoremediation And Industrial Hemp
http://investorshub.advfn.com/
Hemp
Phytoremediation: Using Plants to Clean Soil / Hemp
http://hemphealthytoday.blogspot.com
Educational slide show - bioremediation
by Siti Jariani Mohd Jani
http://slideplayer.com/
Research paper - Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Practical Bioremediation Course—Laboratory Exercises on Biodegradation of Cationic Surfactant
Tomislav Ivankovic, Maja Mejdandzic, Sandra Postic, Nikola Malesevic, Jasna Hrenovic
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
INTRODUCTION
Bioremediation is an optional course for final year Biology students at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. Because it was difficult to design and conduct a set of exercises to fit the course curriculum and satisfactorily demonstrate bioremediation basics through practical laboratory work, the bioremediation course students, with the help of a teaching assistant, designed the experiment to explain how natural bioremediation differs from engineered bioremediation. This paper provides a simulated bioremediation of Jarun lake in Zagreb, Croatia, if it were contaminated with benzalkonium chloride (BAC). The BAC was chosen because it was possible to estimate its concentration using simple analytical measurements.
http://jmbe.asm.org/
Pollution-eating bacteria and iron make fast food out of toxic soup
by Deborah Smith
Adding pollution-eating micobes to a standard remediation practice involving iron can dramatically speed up the breakdown of toxic industrial chemicals in groundwater, UNSW research shows.
http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/
Artisanal fishermen can start bioremediation project with seaweed (Chile)
The Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SUBPESCA) has submitted the three resolutions to the leaders of Caletas Unidas of Bay of Quintero authorizing management action with the kelp (Macrocystis spp.), in three management areas. The objective of this measure is to initiate a bioremediation process in the area by farming/restocking this brown seaweed.
http://www.fis-net.com/
Cleanup at former New England Log Homes site in Great Barrington set to resume
By Derek Gentile
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/
Mycoremediation site: Terrafunga.com
mushrooms, supplements, specialty items, and information on mushrooms
https://www.terrafunga.com/mycoremediation/
La Trobe University (Australia) bioremediation pages, Dr. Franks Lab
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 4 Number 5 (2015) pp. 390-403
http://www.ijcmas.com
Original Research Article
Bioremediation of Petroleum Oil by Potential Biosurfactant-Producing Bacteria using Gravimetric Assay
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Unit, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia, Cairo University, College of Agriculture, Department of Microbiology, Genetics, Cairo, Egypt, Ahmad F. Shahaby, Abdulla A. Alharthi, and Adel E. El Tarras
http://www.ijcmas.com/ PDF
Events
The third International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. The event will take place May 18 to 21, 2015, in Miami, Florida, at the Hyatt Regency Miami.
http://www.battelle.org/
http://www.arcadis-us.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/
http://www.ecoanalysts.com/
http://cdmsmith.com/
http://www.wedr.com/
Islamabad A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) and Critical Green, a private company, for technical cooperation and promotion of scientific development and deployment of Bioremediation through Hybrid Constructed Wetlands as most feasible, cost effective and socially acceptable solution of waste-water treatment.
http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/
http://pakedu.net/
http://pk.shafaqna.com/
http://tribune.com.pk/
http://pakobserver.net/
educational
Bioremediation—A Practical Tool for Oil Clean-ups
http://www.greenoptimistic.com/
360-Degree Wastewater Bioremediation
By Jeffery Schone, Waste & Water Digest
Luke Air Force Base (LAFB) in Glendale, Ariz., has improved its traditional methods of managing POL (petroleum, oil and lubricant)-contaminated wastewater, in partnership with Continental Research Corp. for bioremediation. Through equalized distribution of bacteria into oil-water separators, holding tanks and grease traps, LAFB has achieved full sustainability of wastewater and eliminated pump-and-treat methods.
The bacteria injection of the Bacto-Treat OWS (oil-water separator) was initiated in October 2013, and the results documented over the first year were impressive. By tackling wastewater with a 360-degree approach using the oil-water separator and ND-365 bacterial dosage system, wastewater compliance was made easy and sustainable and achieved cost savings.
http://www.wwdmag.com/
Research
Phytoremediation of Crude Oil Contaminated Marine Water with Halophytes endowed with the Capacity to Catabolize Naphthalene, by Kalyani Rajalingham
http://www.slideshare.net/
Bioremediation of radiation - United States Patent Application 20150122731 Kind Code: A1
Bioremediation Reactor Systems (it would be better to stop using nuclear power, but research into bioremediation of radiation is one of our interests)
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
Video:
Mycoremediation of Lavaca Bay, Victoria, Texas
https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/
Video: Bioremediation agent is the Greenovation
Keeen on Air TV Channel 3 (Bangkok, Thailand)
http://keeen.co.th/
youtube.com
Article - Montana
Plant life at the Berkeley Pit may actually hold the key to helping mine-damaged lands recover their vitality. The area surrounding the Berkeley Pit—a man-made lake of toxic water in Butte that would likely kill a human or animal that drank from it.
http://mtstandard.com/
Wyoming educational opportunity
The 13th annual Diversified Ag Tour in June [2015] will showcase how Wyoming agriculture producers are using innovative ideas to add value to their operations, as well as delight palates with morning and afternoon refreshments and lunch.
http://casperjournal.com/
http://myhits106.com/
http://oilcitywyo.com/
Government contract issued (2013)
The Department of the Army awarded this $40,141 contract to Regenesis Bioremediation Pdts for Hazardous Material Spill Containment and Clean-Up Equipment and Material.
http://government-contracts.insidegov.com/
positive energy
Tesla's $3,000 Powerwall Will Let Households Run Entirely On Solar Energy
http://techcrunch.com/
bioremediation
UHD Hosts 200 High School Students for Buffalo Bayou Service Project
Houston, Texas
http://thekatynews.com/
Illustration - Bioremediation overview diagram
http://buddhajeans.com
World Waterday Celebration
Phytorid based sewage treatment plant was officially inaugurated (Phytorid is a phytoremediation system for cleaning sewage)
http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/
The spiritual advantages of trees
http://www.newsgram.com/
Dissertation/thesis online free
Use of solvents for PAHs extraction and enhancement of the PAHs bioremediation in coal-tar-contaminated soils
Pak-Hing Lee
Iowa State University
http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/
Master's thesis (online free)
Phosphate-Induced Lead Immobilization in Contaminated Soil,
by Joonki Yoon
http://docslide.net/
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Phytoremediation of Cd, Ni, Pb AND Zn
by Salvinia minima.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848891
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Studies on the Phytoremediation of HCH-Contamainated Soil
http://www.b-paper.com/
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Bioremediation of a soil contaminated by lindane utilizing the fungus Ganoderma australe via response surface methodology
Mixtures of a sandy soil and wheat straw were doped with the organochlorine insecticide lindane in glass tubes and were inoculated with the polypore fungus, Ganoderma australe.
Journal of Hazardous Materials Vol. 140; no. 1; pp. 325 - 332
http://khis.khu.ac.kr:9090/
A recent paper in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigates. In the introduction, the authors explain that ionizing radiation causes strand breaks in DNA, the generation of reactive oxygen species which can cause protein oxidation, and increased levels of electron donors.
http://microbe.net
http://microbe.net article
http://aem.asm.org/content/early/2015/03/30/AEM.00590-15.abstract
How to farm mushrooms for Slow Food, medicine, bioremediation
https://www.youtube.com/
A blog about compost, and problems with composting material that contains chemical pesticides, herbicides, etc.
http://www.permies.com/
Basic explanation of bioremediation
http://www.ipscelltherapy.com/
http://www.biotechnologyforums.com/
Dead zone-forming algae could be used to enrich soils and produce biofuel, say scientists Farmers may be able to harness the algal blooms caused by agricultural runoff into a viable product, thereby preventing dead zones in not just local waterways but across larger regions, according to a new study conducted by researchers from and presented at the 249th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society in March.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com
http://www.naturalnews.com
http://theunhivedmind.com
Free research paper (should download a PDF automatically)
Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Oiled Marine Environments
Considerations in understanding Biodegradation and developing, testing and applying bioremediation products
https://www.google.com/
Free research paper (will download a PDF and open it automatically)
In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation : Papers from the Fourth International in Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, New Orleans, April 28-May 1, 1997 (Vol 1) (Bioremediation)
https://www.google.com/
Article/event
Community Bioremediation, Strengthening Our Food Web
April 5, 2015—bioremediation, biosyntropy, cleaning our soil, community, community bioremediation, festival, Food Web, food web stories, living intentional systems, lucidity festival, remeditation, soil, soils, urban gardening, workshops marshland. On Sunday, April 12th Food Web Stories will present a workshop at Lucidity Festival on Community Bioremediation.
http://foodwebstories.com/
Clean Water Activist Christopher Swain
http://www.swimwithswain.org/
We wish that Christopher Swain would discover bioremediation. At this point he advocates awareness and prevention, but he might think the only solution is dredging. He could become a great advocate for the R&D of bioremediation, which has the potential to do a much better job of cleaning up toxic waste sites.
University doctoral candidate researches bacterial microbe groundwater purification
Joanna Adadevoh to present additional findings, mathematical models, real-world applications
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/
A plant-microorganism combined method for enhanced phytoremediation of petroleum contaminated soil
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
Original Research Article
Enhanced BM Inoculant Using Bio carrier for Bioremediation
Gloria Y. Ponciano
Tarlac College of Agriculture Institute of Agriculture and Forestry Malacampa, Camiling, Tarlac Philippines
http://www.ijcmas.com/
Study
Hemp for phytoremediation
There are many plants that work as phytoremediators, and hemp is not the most efficient; but it is often selected due to its rapid rate of growth. There is also evidence to suggest that hemp absorbs the heavy metal cadmium very well. Hemp was planted in Chernobyl in the late 1990s, in addition to sunflowers (also a phytoremediator) which were already planted, in an effort to help scrub the soil.
https://kwaynews.com/
Research paper
Bioremediation of Wastewater by Using Microalgae: An Experimental Study
by Ayodhya D Kshirsagar
http://www.ijlbpr.com/
Video:
Anthrax Remediating the Effects of Bioremediation 2002 EPA
http://freevideoclip.org/
article -
Coconut husk, plant bark can remove toxic metals from soil
Ishita Bhadra, TNN
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
http://www.nyoooz.com
BLM unaware oil company was using pipeline
Almost a decade after Belle Fourche Pipeline Co., a True Oil company, told the Bureau of Land Management it was no longer using a pipeline 44 miles southeast of Buffalo, the pipeline leaked 25,200 gallons of crude oil onto public lands.
http://www.buffalobulletin.com/
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Bioremediation and CO2 scavenging using molybdenum-containing enzymes
by Fonseca, Luís Filipe Madureira
http://run.unl.pt/
Get the full report in Spanish and English:
https://www.google.com/
Abstract only
Research on Ectopic Bioremediation of Saline-alkali Soil
http://www.edu-papers.com/
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Application of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Polluted Soil
Kamran Iqbal Shinwari, Abid Ullah Shah, Muhammad Irfan Afridi, Muhammad Zeeshan, Haziq Hussain, Javed Hussain, Owais Ahmad
http://www.ajms.co.in/
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Phytoremediation: An Environmentally Sound Technology for . For example, sunflowers were successfully used to remove radioactive contaminants from pond Examples where phytoremediation has been used successfully include the restoration of abandoned metal mine workings, reducing the impact of contaminants
http://nejwxnlxtk.blox.pl/
Atmospheric Water Generators (AWGs): ecoloblue.com.
Video: pureenergyblog.com
Other new water generating technology: Groasis Waterboxx (using plants); Max Whisson vertical windmill (using wind power).
Google Doc: list of bioremedation advanced science technology papers and links
Google docs
Bioremediation Group Laguna
This site was created and maintained by the students pertaining to Bioremediation Research group of the School of Biological Science Torreon (Escuela de Ciencias Biologicas de la Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila en la ciudad de Torreon) of the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico for open discussion on the themes related to Environment, contamination, remediation, science and life.
bioremlaguna.blogspot.com
Meetup Group
Chicagoland Permaculture Meetup Group
We see this group as an evolving resource to help facilitate the application of permaculture, it's principles, and connection with others who wish to be involved with permaculture in the Chicagoland region.
Founded December 5, 2006, Chicago, Illinois
meetup.com
Conference:
The program of the Third International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies will present information on advances in bioremediation and the incorporation of green and sustainable practices in remediation.
May 18-20, 2015, Miami, Florida
trcsolutions.com
Positive power:
Defective Graphene Actually Improves Fuel Cells, Research
newseveryday.com
Dissertation:
Phytoremediation Dynamic Model For Environmental Management
By Rafael R. Canales-Pastrana, B.S., Physics Applied to the Electronics, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao M.S., Physics, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Global contamination has increased in post-industrial times and with it the chemical degradation of the environment. Different cleanup techniques of chemical contaminants have been developed, being phytoremediation one of the most viable and cost effective processes.
suagm.edu
Blog article: bioremediation of polluted waterways in Bangalore, India
bangalore.citizenmatters.in
Abstract only:
Potential of alfalfa for use in chemically and biologically assisted phytoremediation of soil co-contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons and metals
hal.archives-ouvertes.fr
Abstracts only (scientific.net):
Phytoremediation of Cadmium Contaminated Soils: Advances and Researching Prospects scientific.net
Phytoremediation of Benzo[a]Pyrene-Contaminated Soil by Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) scientific.net
The Field Application of Microbial Technology Used in Bioremediation of Urban Polluted River http://zh.scientific.net
The Evaluation of Process of Bioremediation of Oil-Polluted Soils by Different Strains of Pseudomonas http://zh.scientific.net
The Effect of Plant Growth Regulator for Phytoremediation http://zh.scientific.net
Bioremediation In Situ of an Alkaline Soil Polluted with Heavy Metals http://zh.scientific.net
Effects of Multispecies Phytoremediation on the Fate of Phenanthrene and Pyrene in Soils http://zh.scientific.net
Bioremediation Condition Optimization of Hydrocarbon in Soil Using Response Surface Methodology by Microbial Consortium KL9-1 http://zh.scientific.net
Enhanced In-Situ Anaerobic Bioremediation of TCE-Contaminated Groundwater Using Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron (nZVI) http://zh.scientific.net
Experimental Study on the Phytoremediation of Manganese Contaminated Soil Using Phytolacca acinosa Roxb http://zh.scientific.net
Research Progresses in Soil Phytoremediation Polluted by Cadmium http://zh.scientific.net
Phytoremediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soil: Corn, sunflower and alfalfa were taken as remediation plants. Their phytoremediation and degradation kinetic of petroleum were investigated under field experiment. http://zh.scientific.net
Abstract only:
Experimental design approach to the optimization of PAHs bioremediation from artificially contaminated soil: application of variables screening development
Masoumeh Ravanipour, Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary, Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpi, Ali Esrafili, Mahdi Farzadkia and Samireh Hashemi-Najafabadi
http://www.ijehse.com
Article:
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot, Colorado
The Department of Defense's Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program worked together with the community to select a safe technology—neutralization followed by bio treatment—to destroy the chemical weapons stored at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.
The five steps:
Robotic equipment removes explosives from the weapon.
The system remotely accesses the weapon's interior and washes out the mustard agent with water under high pressure.
Next the facility neutralizes mustard agent with caustic solution and hot water. The byproduct is hydrolysate.
Microbes treat the hydrolysate, breaking it down into brine. The brine is separated and the water recycled. Staff ship the resulting salt cakes for disposal at a permitted facility.
After heating metal parts to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 538 degrees Celsius) for 15 minutes, crews send them out for recycling.
bechtel.com
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Colonization of D3 Strain in Soil and Tomato Rhizosphere and Its Bioremediation of Chlorpyrifos
b-paper.com
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Field and Greenhouse Studies of Phytoremediation with California Native Plants for Soil Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons, PAHs, PCBs, Chlorinated Dioxins/Furans, and Heavy Metals
Matthew Robert Poltorak, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu
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Mycoremediation of Crude Oil at Different Concentrations, Salinity, Ph Level by Fungus, Aspergillus Niger: Optimizing Condition for Environmental Clean-Up
https://www.allfreepapers.com
Article:
Lallemand launches aquaculture solutions at VIV Asia
http://www.allaboutfeed.net
Article:
A fully transparent solar cell that could make every window and screen a power source
By Sebastian Anthony
extremetech.com
Article:
You may be your germs: Microbe genes slipped into human DNA, study says - CNN.com
http://cnn.com
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Homology Modeling of Versatile Peroxidases from Pleurotus sapidus Reveals Residues for Site Directed Mutagenesis to Enhance the Bioremediation Ability,
by Chockalingam Nirmala, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, VMKV Engineering College, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem-636 308, India Chelvaraya Kannan Hindumathy and Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, VMKV Engineering College, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem-636 308, India Shanmugam Anusuya
Journal of Applied Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
http://scitechnol.com
RSK Benelux's bioremediation technology in the press
World Water, a leading international water magazine, has published an article on a new groundwater bioremediation technology developed by VITO (a leading Belgian independent research organisation in the field of clean technologies and sustainable development) with technical support from RSK.
http://rsk.co.uk
Full article (World Water site, Volume 38, Issue 1, 20-21): wef.org
video
Phytoremediation, presented by Mithilesh Kumar purvey M.sc Biotech 4 th sem. BBAU,Lucknow
authorstream.com
Video
113 Mushroom - Mycoremediation Grouping
Student Work at Greenfield Community College
Student Work at Greenfield Community College
Youtube.com
The Amazon Mycorenewal Project
http://amazonmycorenewal.org
Illinois Mycological Association
illinoismyco.org
Article: Make a moss solution you can paint on walls for green graffiti
http://diply.com/creative-unusual/moss-graffiti-art-illegal-cool/91169
Bioremediation Statement
http://gjgzz.com/
Bioremediation, Biostimulation and Bioaugmention: A Review, by Godleads Omokhagbor Adams, Prekeyi Tawari Fufeyin, Samson Eruke Okoro, Igelenyah Ehinomen
http://pubs.sciepub.com
Immobilization of Selenite via Two Parallel Pathways during In-situ Bioremediation
abstract only
http://pubs.acs.org/
Academic article:
Performance Evaluation of Sewage Treatment Plants in Sri Lanka
http://www.credencegenomics.com/
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation
http://www.waldeneffect.org/
Agricultural scientists find growing oats effective way of removing heavy metal strontium from soil contaminated by nuclear fall out
https://fssalerts.wordpress.com/tag/phytoremediation/
Academic:
Study Details Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Beach Microbial Communities. When oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill first began washing ashore on Pensacola Municipal Beach in June 2010, populations of sensitive microorganisms, including those that capture sunlight or fix nitrogen from the air, began to decline. At the same time, organisms able to digest light components of the oil began to multiply, starting the process of converting the pollutant to carbon dioxide and biomass.
http://www.labmanager.com/
Review Graymills Bioremediation 536R-A Water-based Heated-heated
http://justinsells.blogspot.com/
Passaic River polluters funding bacteria study to clean up toxic mess
http://www.nj.com/news/
Article:
Oil spills could be cleaned up by bacteria from underground petroleum reserves
http://recyclingportal.eu/ Article:
Re-Assessment of Bioremediation to Depollute Oil and Gas in Niger Delta
http://www.uniprojectsearch.com/
PARC, CDA jointly construct Bioremediation treatment plant at Rose and Jasmine Garden
The bioremediation treatment plant has been jointly constructed by Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and Capital Development Authority (CDA) with an aim to clean the sewerage water of the city and use it for green belt that will help to save drinking water.
http://www.lhrtimes.com/
Academic:
Enhancing microbial activity contributes to the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with pesticides
http://phys.org/news/
Academic credentials:
Sue Baldwin, UBC professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, leads a discussion about the treatment of mine-affected water through the applications of bioremediation and meta-genomics. Bioremediation is a useful approach for treating mine-affected water. It is based on natural biogeochemical processes and can be more cost-effective than chemical precipitation.
http://bvcentre.ca/
Article: Agricultural scientists find growing oats effective way of removing heavy metal strontium from soil contaminated by nuclear fallout, By Babs McHugh
Global scientists have had a breakthrough in the use of a common cereal crop to remove the heavy metal strontium from contaminated soil.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/
Article: Student design team wins international recognition for research on Willow Run property remediation
http://www.heritage.com/
Uses of Compost: Bioremediation
http://ecopolproject.blogspot.com/
Switchgrass And Microbes Eliminate PCBs From Soils, Ecologists Find, by Michelle Panganiban
http://au.ibtimes.com/
Greenroofs.com
http://www.greenroofs.com
Greenroofs.com: Sky Gardens Blog
Watch the Panel Session "Environmental Healing through Phytoremediation - Chapter One" with Patrick Carey, Dr. Alan Darlington, Dr. Paul Mankiewicz, and Dr. Clayton Rugh from Our Virtual Summit 2013
http://www.greenroofs.com/
Article - Mumbai: Residents want to restore Dahisar River to its former glory - See more at:
http://www.mid-day.com/
Bioremediation method for accelerated biological decomposition of petroleum hydrocarbons in sea ice-covered polar regions, and bacteria and enzyme mixtures as agents for carrying out said method
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
Bioremediation Blog, by Daniel Reyes
https://bioremediationblog.wordpress.com/
Article: 'Bioremediation, a Green Solution to Eco Damage'
http://www.newindianexpress.com/
Cape Cod Phyto-reediation Infrastructure guide (photos only)
https://capecodgreenguide.wordpress.com/
Academic paper
Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil Containing Crude Oil, by Rodolfo Luis Casimiro
https://www.theseus.fi/
http://www.techtimes.com/
researchers found proof of a bacteria living 12 miles underground, making it the first of its kind ever found. This also suggests that some life can exist at extreme conditions, meaning that similar life on other planets is possible.
Textbook
https://amazon.com/
Bioremediation and Sustainability: Research and Applications
https://amazon.com/
Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oilfield Systems: Proceedings from the International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems (ISMOS-2), 2009 Hardcover - October 27, 2010
by Corinne Whitby (Editor), Torben Lund Skovhus (Editor)
http://imgkid.com/
phytoremediation posters, projects, and diagrams
http://phys.org/
Researchers from universities in China, Switzerland and Australia have identified that the naked oat is best suited to remove radioactive strontium from contaminated soils.
UWA: Oats could hold key to nuclear clean-ups http://www.watoday.com.au/
AEHS Foundation "Helping the international community adopt and maintain environmentally sound & sustainable practices."
25th Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air, San Diego, March 23-26, 2015
Publications: "Soil & Sediment Contamination Journal" * "International Journal of Phytoremediation" * "Environmental Forensics" * "Human and Ecological Risk Assessment" Website includes online books, and more information about the Foundation.
http://www.aehsfoundation.org
Phytoremediation research tool at the National Institute of Environmental Health, part of the National Institute of Health.
Use the search tools below to find additional information about SRP-funded phytoremediation studies.
https://tools.niehs.nih.gov/
International Phytotechnology Society
Phytotechnology is the strategic use of plants to solve environmental problems by remediating the qualities and quantities of our soil, water, and air resources and by restoring ecosystem services in managed landscapes.
Battelle's Third International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies will take place in Miami, Florida from May 18-21, 2015.
http://phytosociety.org
Academic study (abstract only)
Phytoremediation of Chromium and Fluoride in Industrial Waste Water by Using Aquatic Plant Ipomoea Aquatica.
http://www.docstoc.com/
Academic study (abstract only)
"Properties of bacterial laccases and their application in bioremediation of industrial wastes."
The bioremediation process of industrial waste can be made more efficient using ligninolytic laccase enzymes, which are obtained from fungi, bacteria, higher plants, insects, and also in lichen. Laccase are catalyzed in the mono-electronic oxidation of a substrate from the expenditure of molecular oxygen. This enzyme belongs to the multicopper oxidases and participates in the cross linking of monomers, involved in the degradation of wide range industrial pollutants. In recent years, these enzymes have gained application in pulp and paper, textile and food industries. There are numerous reviews on laccases; however, a lot of information is still unknown due to their broad range of functions and applications. In this review, the bacterial laccases are focused for the bioremediation of various industrial pollutants.
http://www.bioportfolio.com/
Academic seminar
April 15, 2015, UC Berkeley
"Phytoremediation - Panacea or Wishful Thinking? Case Studies from the Terry Lab" Norman Terry
Plant and Microbial Biology Seminar
Sponsor: Plant and Microbial Biology Department
http://engineering.berkeley.edu/
Green Ways to Clean Up Oil Spills, by Luis Vargas
http://groundreport.com/
Review of plants for microbially-assisted phytoremediation
http://www.cleankeeping.net/
Review of bioremediation presentation
On Friday January 23rd, Kent Armstrong came into my APES E block class to discuss his work on bioremediation. . . .
http://jamiedeeapes.blogspot.com/
Academic research (abstract only)
Researchers at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station observed a remarkable difference in the accumulation of 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE) at the subspecies level of Cucurbita pepo. C. pepo ssp pepo (zucchini Raven) accumulates DDE, while C. pepo ssp ovifera (squash Zephyr) did not possess this capacity. In a first part, this study investigates whether the differences in DDE-accumulation can be related to differences in the plant-associated bacterial populations.
https://uhdspace.uhasselt.be/
Article:
a prototype terrarium that uses bioremediation techniques to destroy plastic while creating edible fungus creations in the form of little pods that can be flavored and filled.
http://www.gizmag.com/
Another publication of the same article:
http://www.capitalista.eu/
Academic article (entire article)
Bioremediation of industrial wastewater polluted with trace metals using oil bean seed shell
F. U. Okwunodulu*, F. K. Onwu and S. A. Odoemelam
Department of Chemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
http://pelagiaresearchlibrary.com/
Article:
Petrochemicals giant Sasol, which typically incinerates its waste sludge streams or sends them to hazardous waste sites, is increasing its use of composting to treat these streams at its Secunda plant, in Mpumalanga, reducing transportation and disposal costs, as well as air pollution.
http://inspiredevolution.co.za/
Academic paper (abstract only)
PGPRs and nitrogen-fixing legumes: a perfect team for efficient Cd phytoremediation?
María Teresa Gómez-Sagasti1 and Daniel Marino
http://journal.frontiersin.org/
Bioremediation Companies Help Restore The Environment Naturally
Although the most sensational aspects of a major oil spill usually disappear from the news cycle quickly, the long-term environmental damage lingers for months or years. The sight of animal rescue teams cleaning waterbirds illustrates visible damage, but some of the most important cleanup work today is being done by micro-organisms. Bioremediation companies use them to literally consume environmental pollutants. . . .
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job offer FMC Corporation announced the launch of its new anaerobic bioremediation ELS product, an emulsified lecithin substrate designed to enhance in-situ anaerobic bioremediation of groundwater containing chlorinated contaminants. ELS product combines lecithin with a surfactant - both food grade - to support the growth of bacteria that degrade chlorinated organic contaminants in groundwater. As a stable, concentrated emulsion, it is easily diluted with cold water at project sites and is suitable for use under a wide range of conditions. ELS can treat chlorinated solvents, chlorobenzenes, haloalkanes, pesticides and organic explosive compounds, giving it potential for use at dry cleaners, military bases, and manufacturing plants, among other sites.
Excerpt from a March 30, 2007 interview:
Bob: I have strains of bacteria and enzymes that break down hydrocarbons. Here, where a lot of the oil is and comes from (in California), we provided one of the contractors. He goes to old service stations and the EPA requires him to biodegrade all the hydrocarbons, which is the oil, out of the soil, before they can build on that property again.
Nori: So the bacteria eats oil?
Bob: Different strains of bacteria have an appetite for hydrocarbons and they will clean it up. An abandoned gas station and all the ground around it is saturated with hydrocarbons and they'll just eat it up.
Prairie Oil Field of Canada begins to use bioremediation RATHWELL, MB, CANADA--(Marketwired - May 31, 2013) - Hutech21Co. Ltd. (PINKSHEETS: CLGZF), d.b.a. Prairie Oil Field Services Ltd. ("Prairie Oil Field" or "the Company"), a mining, manufacturer and distributor of crushed gravel and sand materials in North America, announced today that it plans to negotiate the licensing of a biotreatment process that can provide year round, quick, simple and efficient solution to dispose of contaminated soils. The technology is completely natural and does not represent a threat to human health, plants and animals. In fact, all the microorganisms used are included in the list of substances authorized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. "What makes this process different from other biotechnologies is its superior effectiveness and ability to quickly attain results -- turning contaminated, wasted soil into revenue-generating, reusable soils," said Darcy Hird, President and CEO of Prairie Oil Field.
Academic paper (abstract only)
Comparative Kinetic Study of Different Bioremediation Processes for Soil Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Laila A. Farahat and Nour Sh. El-Gendy
Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo
http://www.materialsciencejournal.org/
Academic research (entire paper)
Bioremediation and Tolerance of Humans to Heavy Metals through Microbial Processes: a Potential Role for Probiotics?
Marc Monachese, Jeremy P. Burton, and Gregor Reida
Human Microbiology and Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada,a and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
http://aem.asm.org/
Academic research (abstract only)
Bioremediation of Metal-Rich Effluents: Could the Invasive Bivalve Work as a Biofilter?
Metal-bearing effluents, such as acid mine drainage (AMD), are particularly problematic because metals can easily bioaccumulate in organisms and biomagnify across the trophic chain.
http://www.bioportfolio.com/
Academic references (abstracts only)
Bioremediation (search the site for more abstracts)
http://www.soilfoodweb.com/
Academic research (full study available)
Bioremediation of a Complex Industrial Effluent by Biosorbents Derived from Freshwater Macroalgae
Joel T. Kidgell, Rocky de Nys, Yi Hu, Nicholas A. Paul, David A. Roberts
Biosorption with macroalgae is a promising technology for the bioremediation of industrial effluents. However, the vast majority of research has been conducted on simple mock effluents with little data available on the performance of biosorbents in complex effluents. Here we evaluate the efficacy of dried biomass, biochar, and Fe-treated biomass and biochar to remediate 21 elements from a real-world industrial effluent from a coal-fired power station. The biosorbents were produced from the freshwater macroalga Oedogonium sp. (Chlorophyta) that is native to the industrial site from which the effluent was sourced, and which has been intensively cultivated to provide a feed stock for biosorbents.
http://journals.plos.org/
Academic research (abstract only)
Rhizosphere Microbial Activity During Phytoremediation of Diesel-Contaminated Soil
http://libra.msra.cn/
Academic research (abstract only)
Influence of urban activity in modifying water parameters, concentration and uptake of heavy metals in Typha latifolia L. into a river that crosses an industrial city
http://7thspace.com/
Article - bioremediation in New Jersey
Bacteria enlisted for Passaic River cleanup, by Scott Fallon, NorthJersey.com staff writer
http://www.northjersey.com/
Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University
http://uwrl.usu.edu/
Academic article
Bioremediatino, Bioaugmentation & Phytoremediation, by Kavita (HubPages author)
http://kavitachahal.hubpages.com/
Article, Kansas State University
International workshop about current issues in phytoremediation with biomass production
By Mary Reichert
On Jan. 12, Lawrence Davis, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, attended the international workshop at the Department of the Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, Matej Bel University, the Slovak Republic, where he presented "Phytoremediation with miscanthus produced for bioenergy."
http://www.k-state.edu/
Academic article (abstract only)
Journal of Applied Microbiology
Degradation of cefquinome in spiked milk as a model for bioremediation of dairy farm waste milk containing cephalosporin residues
R.A. Horton, L.P. Randall, V. Bailey-Horne, K. Heinrich, M. Sharman, L.A. Brunton, R.M. La Ragione, and J.R. Jones
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
Q&A on bioremediation
Can the effluent of secondary treatment of pulp and paper plant be reused for irrigation?
http://water.tallyfox.com/
Academic article (partial abstract only) "Environmental Guru"
Home-grown bioremediation process turns harmful industrial sludge into useful fertilisers
http://www.environmentguru.com/
Academic article (abstract only) Georgia Tech Library
Microbes and monitoring tools for anaerobic chlorinated methane bioremediation, by Shandra D. Justicia-Leon
https://smartech.gatech.edu/
Mycoremediation Responce Team of SAVEfarms.org
Vertically Integrated Sustainable Urban Permaponics Farming, New York City style
http://beforeitsnews.com/
PhD position available in University of Guelph School of Environmental Sciences
Canada
https://www.uoguelph.ca/
The University of Hawaii obtained permission to import industrial hemp seeds.
Good for Hawaii, good for the environment.
As part of Hawaii's Industrial Hemp Research Project, hemp grown from the seeds will be used for biofuel research and phytoremediation research. Phytoremediation is the direct use of green plants and their associated microorganisms to stabilize or reduce contamination in soils, sludges, sediments, surface water, or ground water, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.kaleo.org/
Media profile: Jillian Banfield
In the field, Banfield examines bioremediation, a waste management procedure that introduces microorganisms to eliminate pollutants from a contaminated site.
http://ladycollective.com/
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation Book Preview
https://www.youtube.com
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation: Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation
https://amazon.com/
Based on our urban mushroom farm, VIfarms has created a Mycological Response Team which is designed to help clean-up petrochemical and bacterial pollutants in a fast and ecological manner.
http://www.vifarms.com/mycoremediation.html
MycoRemediation Design Course. Mon, Mar 30, 2015 11:00am 11:00. Fri, Apr 3, 2015 12:00pm 12:00. Fungi For the People Eugene, Oregon USA.
http://www.unlearnandrewild.org/
The experiment conducted by Adenipekun and Isikhuemhen focused on the bioremediative properties of the fungus Lentinus squarrosulus pertaining specifically to motor oil (abstract only).
http://tycrossen.blogspot.com/
Video: Using fungi to clean up toxic Waste, The Ocean Beach Oil spill Cleanup
http://www.fungioz.com/mycoremediation.html
On Mycoremediation: An Interview With Paul Stamets, a mycoremediation expert, explains some of the ways mushrooms can lead to a healthier Earth—all by using natural means.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/
Study Results from Institute for Environment Update Understanding of Ecology Research [Phytoremediation of zinc contaminated soils using silver birch
http://www.4-traders.com/news/
Take a microbe that occurs naturally in eastern cottonwood trees, sprinkle it on lawn grass or willow tree roots and then plant them in contaminated soil. Toxins are removed from the soil, the plant lives longer and the toxins are not only absorbed by the plant, but the microbe actually breaks down the toxins.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/
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The importance of symbiosis of Mesorhizobium with Astralagus sinicus in the bioremediation of cadmium in organic soils
http://ddd.uab.cat/
Phytoremediation for Green Energy
https://amazon.com/
Magical Microbes: Using Natural Endophytes to Remove Environmental Pollutants
University of Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS)
https://depts.washington.edu/
Hawaii to use hemp as biofuel
http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/
Using Contaminated Plants Involved in Phytoremediation for Anaerobic Digestion (abstract only).
http://www.bioportfolio.com/
Phytoremediation of Metals: A Numerical Analysis (abstract only).
http://www.bioportfolio.com/
Opportunities for Phytoremediation and Bioindication of Arsenic Contaminated Water Using a Submerged Aquatic Plant:Vallisneria natans (lour.) Hara. (abstract only)
http://www.bioportfolio.com/
Original Source: Selenium Biotransformations in an Engineered Aquatic Ecosystem for Bioremediation of Agricultural Wastewater via Brine Shrimp Production.
http://www.bioportfolio.com/
Importance of plants and microorganisms in the Phytoremediation of brownfield sites (abstract only)
http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/
Phytoremediation potential of Landoltia punctata on petroleum hydrocarbons
T̈ḂTAK Turkish Journal of Botany
http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/
Active Phytoremediation Wall System | SOM + Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://www.arch2o.com/
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Manila Standard Today
The Cordillera is piloting phytoremediation to revive the Balili river here by using plants instead of relying too much on hardware and chemicals. Randy S. Tubal, specialist of Ecosystems Research and Development Services of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said the technology is being pushed by the United Nations Environment Programme for the removal, degradation, or containment of contaminants in soils, sludges, sediments, surface water and groundwater.
http://manilastandardtoday.com/
Diazotrophs-assisted phytoremediation of heavy metals: a novel approach (abstract only).
http://link.springer.com/
Chitosan and chitooligosaccharide utilization in phytoremediation and biofortification programs: current knowledge and future perspectives, opinion article by Marta W. Vasconcelos
http://journal.frontiersin.org/
Education
Bioremediation : A sustainable Management Tool
http://www.greentech.center/
Bioremediation trial on aged PCB-polluted soils--a bench study in Iceland.
Lehtinen, Mikkonen, Sigfusson, Ólafsdóttir, Ragnarsdóttir, Guicharnaud (abstract only)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Hydrogeologic characterization and assessment of bioremediation of chlorinated benzenes and benzene in wetland areas, Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc. Superfund Site, New Castle County, Delaware, 2009-12 (abstract only)
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/
Bioremediation of holy ponds in India
TIRUCHY: Chandra Pushkarini, the holy tank of Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangam, will be purified in a bioremediation process by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT-T), as part of the renovation work being carried out in the temple.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/
Understanding Microbial Communities; Function, Structure and Dynamics (abstract only)
http://talks.cam.ac.uk/
Study Bioremediation
Department of Chemical Engineering in association with Department of Biotechnology of National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, is offering a short-term course on Bioremediation of industrial Wastes for a Greener World is being organised by. In this short-term course, the various techniques of bioremediation of industrial wastes using various microorganisms will be discussed.
Eligibility: Faculty members of academic institutes/universities/colleges, experts from government organisations, industry personnel, research scholars and students.
Fee: Faculty members and scientists: Rs 2,000/Research scholars: Rs 1,000/Students: Rs 500/Industry personnel: Rs 5,000.
Duration: December 8-12, 2014.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Guidelines for the Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Salt Marshes
http://www2.epa.gov/
Literature Review on the Use of Commercial Bioremediation Agents for Cleanup of Oil-Contaminated Estuarine Environments
http://www2.epa.gov/
The New York Times: Chevron Criticizes Ruling by Indonesia's Supreme Court on Corruption
The case centers on a so-called bioremediation program that began in 2006 at Chevron's drilling facilities on the island of Sumatra.
http://www.nytimes.com/
Job offer
Postdoc in "Conductive 3D cell scaffolds for environmental toxicology and bioremediation"
Applications are invited for the fully funded 3 year postdoctoral scholarship 'Conductive 3D cell scaffolds for environmental toxicology and bioremediation'. The postdoctoral scholarship is part of the VKR Young investigator grant 'Intelligent 3D cell scaffolds for environmental applications' funded by the Villum Foundation. The aim of the overall project is to develop a new generation of 3D carbon scaffolds.
http://www.jobview.dk/
Microalgal bioremediation : practices and perspectives
http://www.cleankeeping.net/
Summary of mercury bioremediation project
One of the principal pollutant in Amazon region is mercury, known worldwide for its toxicity. Conventional methods have been used to remove Hg from contaminated environments. In general, laborious treatment systems, with high cost. In order to solve the environmental problem regarding to mercury, and make its bioremediation, we built a bioremediator using Escherichia coli DH5α through the protein mercury reductase (MerA).
http://2014.igem.org/
Wastewater Bioremediation from Filamentous Algae (abstract only)
http://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/
Science experiment
Bioremediation of Oil Spill
In this demonstration, students learn about the affect of oil on aquatic environments.
Bacteria can be used to clean up oil spills in the ocean through bioremediation. Bioremediation is any process that uses decomposers and green plants, or their enzymes, to return a contaminated environment to its original condition. Specific bacteria can be used to bioremediate specific contaminants, such as hydrocarbons, which are present in oil and gasoline.
http://www.scienceworld.ca/
DAVID KEISLER: Keep your microbes happy
You may be conscientious and try to eat a healthy diet in order to encourage and help maintain overall health. Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, gout and coronary artery disease are each related to the modern western fast food diet.
http://www.aikenstandard.com/
Bioremediation trial on aged PCB-polluted soils--a bench study in Iceland.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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