NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The use of living natural organisms to detoxify a polluted area?
A
Biological Augmentation
B
Introduced Species
C
Bioremediation
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bioremediation is a branch of biotechnology that employs the use of living organisms, like microbes and bacteria to decontaminate affected areas. It is used in the removal of contaminants, pollutants, and toxins from soil, water, and other environments.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bacteria, archaea and fungi are typical prime bioremediators [2]. The application of bioremediation as a biotechnological process involving microorganisms for solving and removing dangers of many pollutants through biodegradation from the environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bioremediation is the use of living microorganisms to degrade environmental pollutants or to prevent pollution. In other words it is a technology for removing pollutants from the environment thus restoring the original natural surroundings and preventing further pollution.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bioremediation uses micro-organisms to reduce pollution through the biological degradation of pollutants into non-toxic substances. This can involve either aerobic or anaerobic micro-organisms that often use this breakdown as an energy source.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bioremediation broadly refers to any process wherein a biological system (typically bacteria, microalgae, fungi, and plants), living or dead, is employed for removing environmental pollutants from air, water, soil, flue gasses, industrial effluents etc., in natural or artificial settings.

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