Hi folks

I am a gardener based in the UK, and I'm just about to embark on my first bioremediation experiment with some friends with some grey water contaminated with PAH's (and who knows what else). We have access to an art / science lab space and we're in the beginning stages of designing our experiment, starting with mycofiltration.

I'd really love to discuss this with anyone who has carried out a similar project, (especially in the UK if possible), who could advise us as we get to grips with this.

There are just 3 of us working on this at the moment, with some knowledge of mushroom cultivation but with limited scientific experience.

Any help or signposting would be much appreciated! Thanks

Hi,

I'm running a serial experiments about Hidrocarbon (HC) degradation, and I'm having troubles with HC solubility, 'cause some large HC are not liquid at room temperature, the problem is how to add the HC to media culture without stress the bacteria with another solvent, some ideas?

We have dry soil contaminated with explosives with unknown concentreation and we want to test the bioremediation capabilities of an enzymes/microbes complex liquid.

I initially thought to look at 5 tubes with 50 g soil, where the first tube does not have the complex while the next 4 has it in increasing concentration (mixed with acetone or distilled water).

We would measure the initial concentration of explosive compounds and then after X days of incubation.

Since the soil is really dry and looks like it lacks nutrients, I was thinking about adding molasses and/or cabbage leaf extract.

What do you think about it? Any insight or comment?

Hi all,

I'm doing a bioremediation project at school and was wondering if any of y'all could help me identify some plants that are adapted to a chaparral ecosystem and are effective at detoxifying soil (getting rid of things like mercury, lead, chromium, etc.)

I would love some resources or just some advice!

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Thanks :)

I recently read a paper that had shown the ability of B. braunii, and multiple other species of microalgae, to fix atmospheric carbon. I ponder and am inquiring on reality of such an idea; could you essentially create a closed chamber facility to recycle and convert flue gases into hydrocarbons and eliminate CO2 and other green house gases created from utilizing coal?

We ran a study at the office a month ago where we took a sand contaminated with oil and remediated it using bacteria in only ~14 days.

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We recieved lab confirmation of remediation below 1% post day 14.

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Curious if anyone else has experience in bacterial use in oil spills, what sort of soil, silt, or sand have you come across?

Hello, I am hoping to enter the field of bioremediation however I am not sure how many facets their are to enter this field. My background is in Environmental Geography and GIS and I was looking into a Masters of Environmental Engineering. I have seen a couple programs that are microbiology but I am curious what aspects of bioremediation everyone works in with their specific background.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766836/

Here's a cool article about bioremediation for cleaning acidic radioactive waste sites :)

Hi there! In the past two months or so I have come across the practices of bioremediation and phytoremediation... and quite frankly I want to learn so much. Unfortunately, because I majored in a business degree, I didn’t spend a lot of time in a lab (and high school even too). I have a minor in environmental studies but I want to start teaching myself about bio & phyto . Does anyone have any material they can suggest for beginners like me? Would a compound microscope be a good place to start equipment wise (to learn?) . Thanks in advance!!

I’m researching the influence of AMF and PGPB on plant water conductance in NYC green infrastructure, the bioswale. Does anyone have expertise in this sector that would be interested in helping me fill gaps in my research?

I was wondering if anyone would be able to provide suggestions on types of graduate programs that would be good to help prepare for and secure work in bioremediation especially on the applied biotechnology side. For context, I am coming from a background of environmental/food microbiology research. Thanks!

Hello all, I am currently gearing up to transfer to a university to finish my BS. I was curious if anyone in this sub has any recommendations as far as the best ways to get involved in bioremediation early. Thanks!

Does anyone have personal experience with halophytes? (salt tolerant plants and microbes) The idea is to find plants that not only uptake the salts from the soil but also oilseed bearing, for use in biofuel. Any suggestions?