ABSTRACT
The term bioremediation has been introduced to describe the process of using biological
agents to remove toxic waste from environment. Bioremediation is the most effective management tool to manage the polluted water and recover contaminated waste water. It is an attractive and successful cleaning technique for polluted environment; it has been used at a number of sites worldwide, with varying degrees of success.
Hydrocarbon are major constituents of crude oil and petroleum. They can be biodegraded by naturally-occurring microorganisms in freshwater and marine environments under a variety of aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The ability of microorganisms - bacteria, archaea, fungi, or algae - to break down hydrocarbons is the basis for natural and enhanced bioremediation. To promote biodegradation, amendments such as nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer are often added to stimulate microbial growth and metabolism
IntroductionDefinitionPescidesType of pesticidesFate of pesticides in environmentBiodegradation of pesticides in soil Criteria for biodegradation
Strategies for biodegradationDifferent approaches of biodegradationChemical reaction leading to biodegradationChanging the spectrum of toxicityExample of biodegradationAdvantageDisadvantage
Hydrocarbon are major constituents of crude oil and petroleum. They can be biodegraded by naturally-occurring microorganisms in freshwater and marine environments under a variety of aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The ability of microorganisms - bacteria, archaea, fungi, or algae - to break down hydrocarbons is the basis for natural and enhanced bioremediation. To promote biodegradation, amendments such as nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer are often added to stimulate microbial growth and metabolism
IntroductionDefinitionPescidesType of pesticidesFate of pesticides in environmentBiodegradation of pesticides in soil Criteria for biodegradation
Strategies for biodegradationDifferent approaches of biodegradationChemical reaction leading to biodegradationChanging the spectrum of toxicityExample of biodegradationAdvantageDisadvantage
Biodegradation and Bioremediation, an environmental friendly treatment methods to sustain natural environment unchanged. This is the Reliable, and cost effective application.
•Introduction of bioremediation: Bioremediation refers to the process of using microorganisms to remove the environmental pollutants i.e. toxic wastes found in soil, water, air etc.
•In situ bioremediation:
It involves a direct approach for the microbial
degradation of xenobiotics at the sites of pollution
(soil, ground water).
•Types of in situ bioremediation:
Natural attenuation.
Engineered in situ bioremediation.
- Bioventing, biosparging, bioslurping,
phytoremediation.
•Ex situ bioremediation:
Waste or toxic pollutants can be collected from the polluted sites and bioremediation can be carried out at a designated place or site.
• Types of ex situ bioremediation
Land farming, windrow, biopiles, bioreactors.
•Microorganisms use in bioremediation:
A number of naturally occurring marine microbes
such as Pseudomonas sp. is capable of degrading oil and other hydrocarbons.
•Factors affecting bioremediation:
Nutrient availability, moisture content, pH, temperature, contaminant availability.
•References:
Satyanarayana U. Biotechnology. BOOKS AND ALLIED (P) Ltd.
Sharma P.D. Environmental Microbiology. RASTOGI PUBLICATIONS.
Gupta P.K. Biotechnology and Genomics. RASTOGI PUBLICATIONS.
Dubey R.C. A Textbook of Biotechnology. S Chand And Company Ltd.
Dubey R.C. A Textbook of Microbiology. S Chand And Company Ltd.
Willey/Sherwood/Woolverton. Prescott’s Microbiology. McGRAW-HILL INTERNATIONAL EDITION.
www.sciencedirect.com/bioremediation.
The USEPA defines biodegradation as a process by which microbial organisms transform or alter (through metabolic or enzymatic action) the structure of chemicals introduced into the environment.
According to the definition by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the term biodegradation is “Breakdown of a substance catalyzed by enzymes in vitro or in vivo.
The term is often used in relation to ecology, waste management, biomedicine, and the natural environment (bioremediation) and is now commonly associated with environmentally friendly products that are capable of decomposing back into natural elements.
Biodegradable matter is generally organic material such as plant and animal matter and other substances originating from living organisms, or artificial materials that are similar enough to plant and animal matter to be put to use by microorganisms.
Hydrocarbons are major constituents of crude oil and petroleum. They can be biodegraded by naturally-occurring microorganisms in freshwater and marine environments under a variety of aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Oxygen, nitrate, or sulfates are sometimes added as electron acceptors to enhance biodegradation rates.
Biodegradation and Bioremediation, an environmental friendly treatment methods to sustain natural environment unchanged. This is the Reliable, and cost effective application.
•Introduction of bioremediation: Bioremediation refers to the process of using microorganisms to remove the environmental pollutants i.e. toxic wastes found in soil, water, air etc.
•In situ bioremediation:
It involves a direct approach for the microbial
degradation of xenobiotics at the sites of pollution
(soil, ground water).
•Types of in situ bioremediation:
Natural attenuation.
Engineered in situ bioremediation.
- Bioventing, biosparging, bioslurping,
phytoremediation.
•Ex situ bioremediation:
Waste or toxic pollutants can be collected from the polluted sites and bioremediation can be carried out at a designated place or site.
• Types of ex situ bioremediation
Land farming, windrow, biopiles, bioreactors.
•Microorganisms use in bioremediation:
A number of naturally occurring marine microbes
such as Pseudomonas sp. is capable of degrading oil and other hydrocarbons.
•Factors affecting bioremediation:
Nutrient availability, moisture content, pH, temperature, contaminant availability.
•References:
Satyanarayana U. Biotechnology. BOOKS AND ALLIED (P) Ltd.
Sharma P.D. Environmental Microbiology. RASTOGI PUBLICATIONS.
Gupta P.K. Biotechnology and Genomics. RASTOGI PUBLICATIONS.
Dubey R.C. A Textbook of Biotechnology. S Chand And Company Ltd.
Dubey R.C. A Textbook of Microbiology. S Chand And Company Ltd.
Willey/Sherwood/Woolverton. Prescott’s Microbiology. McGRAW-HILL INTERNATIONAL EDITION.
www.sciencedirect.com/bioremediation.
The USEPA defines biodegradation as a process by which microbial organisms transform or alter (through metabolic or enzymatic action) the structure of chemicals introduced into the environment.
According to the definition by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the term biodegradation is “Breakdown of a substance catalyzed by enzymes in vitro or in vivo.
The term is often used in relation to ecology, waste management, biomedicine, and the natural environment (bioremediation) and is now commonly associated with environmentally friendly products that are capable of decomposing back into natural elements.
Biodegradable matter is generally organic material such as plant and animal matter and other substances originating from living organisms, or artificial materials that are similar enough to plant and animal matter to be put to use by microorganisms.
Hydrocarbons are major constituents of crude oil and petroleum. They can be biodegraded by naturally-occurring microorganisms in freshwater and marine environments under a variety of aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Oxygen, nitrate, or sulfates are sometimes added as electron acceptors to enhance biodegradation rates.
• Bioremediation – process of cleaning up environmental sites contaminated with chemical pollutants by using living organisms to degrade hazardous materials into less toxic substances
Bioremediation
Bioremediation refers to the use of either naturally occurring or
deliberately introduced microorganisms to consume and break down
environmental pollutants, in order to clean a polluted site.
The process of bioremediation enhances the rate of the natural
microbial degradation of contaminants by supplementing the
indigenous microorganisms (bacteria or fungi) with nutrients, carbon
sources, or electron donors (biostimulation, biorestoration) or by
adding an enriched culture of microorganisms that have specific
characteristics that allow them to degrade the desired contaminant at
a quicker rate (bioaugmentation).
It is a cleaning process that degrades dangerous contaminants using
naturally existing microbes. These bacteria may consume and
degrade organic chemicals as a source of food and energy, degrade
organic substances that are dangerous to living creatures, including
humans, and degrade the organic pollutants into inert products.
Because the bacteria already exist in nature, they offer no pollution
concern
Bioremediation is the use of
microorganisms or microbial processes
to detoxify and degrade environmental
contaminants.
Microorganisms have been used for the
routine treatment and transformation
of waste products for several decades
Bioremediation strategies rely on
having the correct microorganisms in
the right location at the right time in the
right environment for degradation to
occur. The appropriate microorganisms
are bacteria and fungi that have the
physiological and metabolic
competence to breakdown pollutants
Objective of Bioremediation
The objective of bioremediation is to decrease pollutant levels to
undetectable, nontoxic, or acceptable levels, i.e., within regulatory
limits, or, ideally, to totally mineralize organopollutants to carbon
dioxide
BIOREMEDIATION AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION
Bioremediation is defined as ‘the process of using microorganisms to remove
the environmental pollutants where microbes serve as scavengers’.
• The removal of organic wastes by microbes leads to environmental clean-up.
The other names/terms used for bioremediation are biotreatment,
bioreclamation, and biorestoration.
• The term “Xenobiotics” (xenos means foreign) refers to the unnatural, foreign
and synthetic chemicals, such as pesticides, herbicides, refrigerants, solvents
and other organic compounds.
• The microbial degradation of xenobiotics also helps in reducing the
environmental pollution. Pseudomonas which is a soil microorganism
effectively degrades xenobiotics.
• Different strains of Pseudomonas that are capable of detoxifying more than
100 organic compounds (e.g. phenols, biphenyls, organophosphates,
naphthalene, etc.) have been identified.
• Some other microbial strains are also known to have the capacity to degrade
xenobiotics such as Mycobacterium, Alcaligenes, Norcardia, etc.
Factors affecting biodegradation
The factors that affect the
biodegradation are:
• the chemical nature of
xenobiotics,
• the conc
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2. The term bioremediation has been introduced to describe the process of using biological
agents to remove toxic waste from environment. Bioremediation is the most effective
management tool to manage the polluted water and recover contaminated wastewater. It is
an attractive and successful cleaning technique for polluted environment; it has been used
at a number of sites worldwide, with varying degrees of success. Bioremediation, both in
situ and ex situ have also enjoyed strong scientific growth, in parts of the world due to the
increased use of natural attenuation, since most natural attenuation is due to
biodegradation. Microbes are very helpful to remediate the contaminated environment.
Various microbes including aerobes, anaerobes and fungi are involved in bioremediation
process.
3. The world is facing problems with a wide range of pollutants and
contaminants from various developmental activities. The population
explosion in the world has resulted in an increase in the area of polluted
water. The concern on the quantity and quality of waste generated and
discharged into natural water bodies has recently indicated the need for
different strategies to address water quality challenges in the regions. (Han et
al., 2000; Olguin, 2003).
Bioremediation technology using microorganisms was reportedly invented by
George M. Robinson. He was the assistant county petroleum engineer for
Santa Maria, California. During the 1960s, he spent his spare time
experimenting with dirty jars and various mixes of microbes. Bioremediation
can prove less expensive than other technologies that are used for cleanup of
hazardous waste (Vidali, 2001).
In order for microorganism to bioremediate the right temperature, nutrients
and amount of oxygen must be present in the groundwater, the right
combinations of helpful microbes can eat the pollutants until it disappears.
Bioremediation works on variety of organic and inorganic compounds. The use
of microalgae for removal of nutrients from different wastes has been
described by a number of authors (Benemann et al., 1977; Gupta and Rao,
1980; Williams, 1981; Kunikane et al., 1984; Senegar and Sharma, 1987; Tam
and Wong, 1989; Gantar et al., 1991; De la Noue, 1992; De-Bashan et al.,
2002; Queiroz et al., 2007; Rao et al., 2011).
4. Wastewater is essentially the water supply of a community after it has been used
for a number of applications. It can be defined as a combination of liquid or water
carried waste removed from residence, institution and commercial/industrial
establishment together with such ground water, surface water and storm water as
may be present (Metcalf, 2003).
5. The availability and supply of clean water is a major concern throughout the whole world
(Maude,2010) and is a challenge for most developing countries as a result of high cost of
setting up and maintaining standard water treatment plants (Duncan, 2003). Studies and
research works had investigated the effectiveness of microbes in the removal of unwanted
nutrients including nitrogen, phosphorus and its ability to improve the quality of
wastewater at lesser cost. This presentation gives an insight to methods in managing
wastewater. Availability of clean water is a problem in Nigeria, in a report by Semiu Salami
(2013) Nigeria would have to invest N369Billion to enable her address at once the country’s
water challenges and meet the set Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of adequate clean
water supply in the country, at present only N47.8Billion is being allocated to water
ministry. Cutting cost in water treatment is vital and researches have explored such
possibilities and still exploring.
6. To affirm the effectiveness of microorganisms for remediation of wastewater.
Reduction of organic content of waste water (i.e. reduction of BOD – Biochemical Oxygen
Demand) Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
Removal/ Reduction of trace organic compounds that are recalcitrant to biodegradation and
may be toxic or carcinogenic.
Removal or inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms and parasites.
7. Aerobic Bacteria : Examples of aerobic bacteria recognized for their degradative
abilities are Pseudomonas, Alcaligenes, Sphingomonas, Rhodococcus, and
Mycobacterium. These microbes have often been reported to degrade pesticides
and hydrocarbons, both alkanes and polyaromatic compounds. Many of these
bacteria use the contaminant as the sole source of carbon and energy.
Anaerobic bacteria are not as frequently used as aerobic bacteria. There is an
increasing interest in anaerobic bacteria used for bioremediation of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in river sediments, dechlorination of the solvent
trichloroethylene (TCE) and chloroform.
Ligninolytic fungi such as the white rot fungus Phanaerochaete chrysosporium
have the ability to degrade an extremely diverse range of persistent or toxic
environmental pollutants. Common substrates used include straw, saw dust, or
corncobs.
Methylotrophs are aerobic bacteria that grow utilizing methane for carbon and
energy. The initial enzyme in the pathway for aerobic degradation, methane
monooxygenase, has a broad substrate range and is active against a wide range of
compounds, including the chlorinated aliphatic trichloroethylene and 1,
2dichloroethane.
8. Deinococcus radiodurans bacteria have genetically modified to digest solvents and heavy
metals as well as toluene and ionic mercury from highly radioactive nuclear waste.
Geobacter sufurreducens bacteria can turn uranium dissolved in groundwater into non-
soluble, collectable form.
Dehalococcoides ethenegene bacteria are used to clean up chlorinated solvent that has
been linked to cancer. The bacteria are naturally found in both soil and water and are able
to digest the solvents much faster than rising traditional cleanup methods.
9. In situ bioremediation
Ex situ bioremediation
In situ bioremediation involves treating the contaminated material at the site while ex situ
involves the removal of the contaminated material to be treated elsewhere.
Some examples of bioremediation technologies are bioventing, landfarming, bioreactor,
composting, bioaugmentation, rhizofiltration, and biostimulation.
10. Intrinsic bioremediation
This approach deals with stimulation of indigenous or naturally occurring microbial
populations by feeding them nutrients and oxygen to increase their metabolic activity.
Engineered In situ bioremediation
The second approach involves the introduction of certain microorganisms to the site of
contamination. When site conditions are not suitable, engineered systems have to be
introduced to that particular site. Engineered In situ bioremediation accelerates the
degradation process by enhancing the physico-chemical conditions to encourage the growth
of microorganisms. Oxygen, electron acceptors and nutrients (e.g.: nitrogen and
phosphorus) promote microbial growth.
11. The processes require excavation of contaminated soil or pumping of groundwater to
facilitate microbial degradation. This technique has more disadvantages than advantages.
12. Physical forces as well as chemical and biological processes drive the treatment of
wastewater. Treatment methods that rely on physical forces are called UNIT OPERATIONS.
These include screening, sedimentation, filtration, or flotation.
Treatment methods based on chemical and biological processes are called UNIT PROCESSES.
Chemical unit processes include disinfection, adsorption, or precipitation.
Biological Unit processes involve microbial activity, which is responsible for organic matter
degradation and removal of nutrients (Metcalf and Eddy, 1991).
13. Primary Treatment
This involves storing the wastewater in settling tanks where metal salts are added to
encourage solids to cling together through a process called flocculation, forming sludge at
the base of the settling tanks.
Secondary Treatment
The residual effluent is pumped to aeration tanks, where air is constantly injected and
microorganisms are added to break down the remaining solids.
Tertiary Treatment
This treatment removes the nitrogen through de-nitrification processing and phosphates
usually by chemical precipitation from the effluent.
14. Microorganisms can be isolated from almost any environmental conditions.
Microbes can adapt and grow at subzero temperatures, as well as extreme heat, desert
conditions, in water, with an excess of oxygen and in anaerobic conditions, with the
presence of hazardous compounds or on any waste stream.
The main requirements are energy source and a carbon source (Vidali 2001). Because of the
adaptability of microbes and other biological systems, these can be used to degrade or
remediate environmental hazards. Natural organisms, either indigenous or extraneous
(introduced), are the prime agents used for bioremediation (Prescott et al., 2002).
The organisms that are utilized vary, depending on the chemical nature of the polluting
agents, and are to be selected carefully as they only survive within a limited range of
chemical contaminants (Prescott et al., 2002; Dubey, 2004).
Since numerous types of pollutants are to be encountered in contaminated water, diverse
types of microorganisms are likely to be required for effective remediation (Watanabe et al.,
2001).
15. Wastewater bioremediation for reuse as drinking water requires the aforementioned
processes. Although there are natural microorganisms used in wastewater
treatment, the process of bioremediation process requires further addition of
various types of microorganisms known as bioremediators.
It is essential to distinguish the types of microorganisms present as well as the
organic pollutants to be removed and where they are to be located in the
wastewater process. This can be carried out after taking samples and
recommendations on the types of microorganism to use along with their best
locations in the wastewater treatment processing plant. A typical three phases
wastewater treatment plant after the initial screening and course filtration will be
carried out and major debris removed.
The primary phase involves flocculation and is aided by the addition of metal salts
to the wastewater encouraging the solid particles to clump together and settle out
in the bottom of settling tanks as sludge containing organic and non-organic
matter. The sludge is now subjected to anaerobic degradation. The addition of
microorganisms to the natural anaerobic microbes can speed up the process of
breaking down the sludge while also producing methane gas used as fuel in on-site
power generation.
Flocculation and settling are essential processes used to remove the non-organic
matter before the secondary treatment. Since this process relies on
microorganisms, these microorganisms will not eradicate non-organic matter.
16. The effluent passes to secondary treatment settling tanks where it is biologically oxidized;
air is injected through the effluent and the recommended microorganisms added. This
process removes any remaining suspended/dissolved solids including fecal matter;
secondary settling following this process removes any remaining particulates. This process
also reduces the effluents Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD). The following conditions are
needed for optimal efficiency of the microorganisms and their proliferation in the
processing system.
A constant temperature
Dissolved oxygen content
pH
Nutrient levels
17. The effluent is now suitable for irrigation purposes, but in order to bring it up to World
Health Organization’s drinking water standards, a few more processes are required.
Disinfection – sodium hypochlorite is added
Filtration – the effluent is passed through filters, with modern ones being polypropylene
microfiltration membranes
Reverse Osmosis – effluent processed through membranes
Irradiation – irradiated using UV light and with the addition of hydrogen peroxide removes
any remaining harmful organic contaminates.
The water is now potable and can be added to existing water supplies, for example reservoirs
and dams.
18. It is vital to develop more understanding of microbial communities and their response to
the natural environment and pollutants, expanding the knowledge of the genetics of the
microbes to increase capabilities to degrade pollutants, conducting field studies of new
bioremediation techniques which are cost effective, and dedicating sites which are set aside
for long term research purpose, these opportunities offer potential for significant advances.
Despite its short-comings, its importance to the world is unquestionable considering
present day environmental hazards. Bioremediation provides a technique for cleaning up
pollution by enhancing the same biodegradation processes that occur in nature. There is no
doubt that bioremediation is in the process of paving a way to greener pastures and
national safety in general.