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Introduction to Bioremediation and Microbes Bioremediation is the use of natural or deliberately introduced micro-organisms to consume and break down hazardous pollutants into less toxic compounds in order to clean an environmentally polluted site. Bioremediation is usually carried out by plants and microbes like bacteria and fungi. The contaminants may be naturally occurring compounds which are present in high concentrations like crude oil, heavy metals etc. and chemically synthesized compounds like xenobiotics. Abundance of bacteria is represented by the soil where 1gm of soil contains up to billions of bacterial cells. Bacterial activity is of much important in the ... Read More