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Mycoremediation - Opportunities, Trends and Challenges
The term Mycoremediation was coined by Paul Stamets, and refers specifically to the use of fungal mycelia in bioremediation. Mycoremediation is the process of employing fungi to clean an polluted environment, say for instance: soil, to a less contaminated state. This process is a form of bioremediation.Market Need
Need for cost effective and natural resources for pollution control.
Trends
• Bioremediation is a fast expanding sector that has generated interest in many countries, owing to its benefits to the environment and its increasing cost-effectiveness.
• Potential applications of bioremediation are vast and include agricultural waste reduction, decreasing pollution in watersheds, contaminated sediment cleanup, decontamination of military sites, and bioprocessing techniques in the mining and pulp and paper industries.
posted by Ecacofonix at
6:00 AM
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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