Bioremediation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003318",
  "term": "Bioremediation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Use of living organisms to clean up oil spills or remove other pollutants from soil, water, or wastewater; use of organisms such as non-harmful insects to remove agricultural pests or counteract diseases of trees, plants, and garden soil.\n\n2. A process of adding nutrient to ground water to speed up the natural process in which bacteria break down gasoline into harmless compounds.\n\n3. The management of microorganisms.\n\n4. The use of biological organisms such as plants or microbes to aid in removing hazardous substances from an area.\n\n5. An environmental cleanup method that uses microbes to clean up contaminated soil and groundwater.",
  "subject": "Laws, regulations and executive orders",
  "references": [
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome Project Information, Genome Glossary",
    "Office of Underground Storage Tanks Technical Terms; Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/bioremediation/"
}