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Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils: Effects of Bioaugmentation and Biostimulation on Enhancing Biodegradation of Oil Hydrocarbons

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Abstract

Contamination of soils with oil hydrocarbons is currently an important worldwide issue. Among all the available remediation methods, bioremediation is widely considered to be a cost-effective and environmentally friendly approach. For bioremediation to be effective, the overall rate of intrinsic biodegradation and subsequent removal of hydrocarbons must be accelerated, which can be done through biostimulation and bioaugmentation. A variety of techniques for bioaugmentation and biostimulation have been compiled and summarized in this chapter. The evaluation of the potentials to use such treatments to enhance biodegradation rates in oil hydrocarbon contaminated soil is provided, including some recent works from the author’s laboratory. Factors that may enhance biodegradation of oil hydrocarbons in soil are discussed in detail, and finally some examples of new approaches are presented.

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  1. Institute of Chemistry, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200, Czestochowa, Poland

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  2. Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Cracow, Poland

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Zawierucha, I., Malina, G. (2011). Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils: Effects of Bioaugmentation and Biostimulation on Enhancing Biodegradation of Oil Hydrocarbons. In: Singh, A., Parmar, N., Kuhad, R. (eds) Bioaugmentation, Biostimulation and Biocontrol. Soil Biology, vol 108. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19769-7_8

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