Define the following and explain how it is associated in the process of bioremediation.

Give an example on how each is used to break down hazardous waste.

Phytoremediation- the use of plants for the removal of contaminants and metals from the soil and water, or to render them harmless. Basically the decontamination or stabilization of the polluted area using plants. It was used in the Chernobyl Sunflower Project in 1994.

Phytostabilization- The use of phytostabilization to keep metals in their current location is particularly attractive when other methods to remediate large-scale areas having low contamination are not feasible.

Phytodegredation- The breakdown of contaminants taken up by plants through metabolic processes within the plants. Complex organic pollutants degraded to simpler molecules. Plants catalyze chemical reaction.

Phytoextraction-use plants to absorb, translocate and store toxic contaminants from a soil matrix into their root and shoot tissue