Talk:Bioremediation
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==The Energy Economics of Bioremediatio Is it conceivable to have an efficient process of harvesting energy from bioremediation and biodegredation of disposed waste? The materials are reduced to base minerals and the harvested energy would be stored battery-style or used in some other process?
Jed Haas 15:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC) Jed Haas
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[edit] First response
It is difficult to concentrate homogeneously distributed contaminants within the soil for disposal in such a way as to gain energy from doing this. However, it is quite possible to have photosynthetically powered plants and bacteria/algae which can concentrate heavy metal ions in a form which could be accessed for disposal. Plants which actively uptake heavy metal ions COULD do this, albeit, over a PERIOD OF YEARS - with colder climates taking longer to decontaminate via such methods (phytoremediation).
ConcernedScientist 11:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Glass bioremediation
If there is significant glass contamination of an area (for example, a former brown field site/landfill site which is going to be used for new housing), what is the best method of remediation (is bioremediation even possible with glass!?). Here, I believe that mechanical remediation would be necessary (however, mechanical remediation is probably profoundly expensive).
ConcernedScientist 11:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Red Mercury?
The Genetic Enginering setion has this: "The use of genetic engineering to create organisms specifically designed for bioremediation has great potential.[3] The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans (the most radioresistant organism known) has been modified to consume and digest toluene and ionic mercury from highly radioactive nuclear waste.[4]"
It looks to me as though two or more stories may have been combined here; and the reference doesn't seem to match. There was a mention of toluene resistant/consuming bacteria two or more decades ago. As I recall, this was said to have been isolated from bacteria living in the vicinity of a disused gas plant. D. radiodurans is rather popular with the panspermia community, so there may be one or two factoids floating around which it would also be good to identify.
Also, isn't 'ionic mercury' (which presumably means mercury which isn't stably combined with other elements, as in dental amalgam, for example) something of a problem even in its own right? It doesn't need to be radioactive to be dangerous? Davy p (talk) 10:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Odour and air pollution control
I recently completed a study regarding the use of biotechnology to bioredeem polluted air. As this is a reasonably well established area of bioremediation (several published books and the like), I am proposing that I add a section to this page detailing what exactly is involved and recent developments. however as i am only new to wikipedia, i would first like to get some feedback, so does anyone have any comments? if noone replies in the next couple of days i will go ahead and add a section. Thanks.Gumbacious (talk) 16:29, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
