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Aafreen Fathima
Chemical Lab
Bioremediation
• Bioremediation can be defined as any process that uses
microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return
the natural environment altered by the contaminants to its
original condition
Bioremediation
In-Situ Ex-Situ
etc.,
2. Bacterial adhesion
3. Bacterial growth
4. Biofilm expansion
Chromium
• Chromium is one of the widely used metals
• Chromium, a steel grey, lustrous, hard and brittle metal, occurs
in nature in bound forms that constitute 0.1-0.3 mg kg-1 of the
earth’s crust.
• Chromium has several oxidation states, the trivalent and the
hexavalent are the most stable ones. The trivalent chromium is
less soluble and less mobile when compared to hexavalent
chromium, so trivalent chromium is less toxic than hexavalent
chromium.
• The drawback of using chromium is heavy metal pollution which
is a serious problem for life in general. Chromium is a mutagen
and a carcinogen.
• Since chromium is a pollutant and a soil contaminant, after
Aim of the Project
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