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Bioremediation has the potential technique to restore the polluted environment including water and soil by the use of living plants and microorganisms. The bioremediation technology is greener clean and safe technology for the cleanup of contaminated site. This chapter will focus on the biological treatment processes by microorganisms that currently play a major role in preventing and reducing the extent of organic and inorganic environmental contamination from the industrial, agricultural, and municipal waste. Bioremediation is concerned with the biological restoration of contaminated sites and content of the chapter also reflects the current trends of bioremediation technology and the limitations of bioremediation. Environmental genomics technique is the useful for the advanced treatment of waste site as well as genome-enabled studies of microbial physiology and ecology which are being applied to the field of bioremediation, and to anticipate additional applications of genomics that are likely in the near future.
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Srivastava, S. (2015). Bioremediation Technology: A Greener and Sustainable Approach for Restoration of Environmental Pollution. In: Kaushik, G. (eds) Applied Environmental Biotechnology: Present Scenario and Future Trends. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2123-4_1
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