Applications of Microbial Bioremediation Essay

Today Bioremediation has gained unparalleled importance in scientific fields. The term bioremediation very effectively describes its most important characteristic which is the use of living microorganisms for the improvement of the environment and maintaining a homeostasis in the ecosystem. It is used to clean up a vast range of hazardous waste from industries, farms, cities etc. These days the amount of pollutants and the variety of pollutants in the environment are increasing exponentially. This…

insecurity, there is emergent interest to find out sustainable and clean energy source.[3] One such method is This method uses microbial fuel cells (MFCs). A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bioreactor that converts chemical energy in the chemical bonds in organic compounds to electrical energy through catalytic reactions of microorganisms under anaerobic conditions, [6]meaning Microbial Fuel Cells function by the reduction of oxygen or nitrates. This process can only generate electrical energy if it is…

Evolution of Microbial Resistance Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of an antibiotic drug in which it was originally sensitive to. Resistant organisms are able to withstand attack by antimicrobial drugs such as antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals which makes standard treatment procedures ineffective. Antimicrobial resistance is something that has evolved naturally via natural selection through random mutations, it can also be achieved by applying…

CDI the reoccurrence rate was 15.4% for fidaxomicin and 25.3 for% for vancomycin (Louie et al. 2011). There is, however, a solution with a cure rate upwards of 90% with no chance of increasing antimicrobial resistance; the fecal microbial transplant (FMT). A fecal microbial transplant involves taking a fresh stool sample from donors screened for transmissible disease and parasite infection, diluting it with sterile saline or milk and administering via nasoduodenal tube or enema (van Nood et al. 20013)…

Bioremediation Methods for Oil Spills Contents I. Introduction II. History of Bioremediation 1. ‘Courtship’ Period (Pre-1989) 2. ‘Honeymoon’ Period (1989-1991) 3. ‘Establishment’ Period (since 1992) III. The Biological and Chemical Processes of Bioremediation 1. Biodegradation a. Biological Process b. Degrading Species c. Chemical Process d. Need for Bioremediation 2. Bioremediation a. Seeding with Microbial Cultures b. Environmental Modification…

LATEX AND ANTIMICROBIAL CATHETERS 2 Latex and Microbial Catheters Latex and Microbial Catheters Introduction Catheters are tubes that can be inserted to drain fluid, administer drugs, gases and aid during surgery in the human body. Catheters can be permanent (indwelling) or can be intermittent to mean they can be removed after each catheterization. Catheters provide many benefits, but they are also causing acquired infections like UTI in the hospitals. This leads to further health risks to the…

by the environment so some members of the population must die for the needs of the colony. Or, the environment changes and requires a reduction in colony growth to survive as a whole. Q2. Explain two methods used to measure microbial growth One method used to measure microbial growth is to use a 'counting chamber,' or special slides to render the microscopic population visible under a microscope. "Only dense suspensions can be counted (>107 cells per ml), but samples can be concentrated by centrifugation…

Bioremediation Methodologies Summer Teeters COM/172 June 23, 2014 Sherry Howard Salois Bioremediation Methodologies What is bioremediation? According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Science (2008), bioremediation is any process that purifies an environment polluted by organic or inorganic contaminants with the utilization of microorganisms or other such creatures. Intensive industrialization and inadequate disposal of organic and inorganic compounds have brought about long-term persistent…

knew that tiny microbes were causing bread to rise, or grapes to ferment! In the modern day, the use of microbes has extended so far as to actually help us reverse the damages we cause to the environment. One such environmental application of microorganisms is Bioremediation – the use of either indigenous or Hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (HCBs) to rapidly digest hydrocarbons from oil spills. According to a recent study by The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited, between 2010 and…

Biotechnology and its Applications – Research Notes Topic: Bioremediation Description The world of today is fuelled by fossil fuels. Petroleum products like oil are used for generating electricity, generating light and heat, manufacturing, and vehicle fuels, among numerous other uses. Much of these fuels are extracted from below the Earth’s surface using machinery and technology, some of which may be decades old – but as technology has proven itself to be unreliable at times, accidents such as oil…