Bioremediation Outline
Alyssa Warner
CHM 151 M/W 7:30 AM
February 26, 2010
Bioremediation
I. Introduction A. Biotechnology is a scientific field that finds uses of microorganisms for agricultural, medical, industrial and technological purposes. The field of biotechnology growing at an exponential rate and branches off into several categories. B. Bioremediation is a subcategory of biotechnology that involves microorganisms and the environment. Although bioremediation is primarily established my man, it is a fairly natural process using microbes that occur naturally in nature to clean up any unwanted contaminants. C. Thesis- Bioremediation is a wonderful advancement in the scientific world in many ways as it uses a variety of organisms, treats several circumstances and helps the natural environment. II. The History of Bioremediation D. Types of bioremediation have been around since ancient times recording back to around 600. B.C. when Romans build sewage systems to regulate and decontaminate wastewater (BICnews). i. Smaller types of bioremediation have also been used for quite some time such as composting. E. Bioremediation did not become a well thought of science until about forty years ago when it had been given a new approach; to treat containments such as sludge from refineries. F. Although degrading hydrocarbons from soil had been slightly practiced since the early 1900s, with the increasing publicity of bioremediation, the practice became more widely used. From here bioremediation took a giant leap as its many uses became more apparent. ii. Microorganisms could be used to treat a wide variety of medium from soil to groundwater and the ocean, bioremediation was beginning to emerge G. Around the beginning of 1980, bioremediation became widely commercialized and more prominently known. H. It was not until 1989 that the public would get a mouthful of bioremediation news from the media in response to
CHM 151 M/W 7:30 AM
February 26, 2010
Bioremediation
I. Introduction A. Biotechnology is a scientific field that finds uses of microorganisms for agricultural, medical, industrial and technological purposes. The field of biotechnology growing at an exponential rate and branches off into several categories. B. Bioremediation is a subcategory of biotechnology that involves microorganisms and the environment. Although bioremediation is primarily established my man, it is a fairly natural process using microbes that occur naturally in nature to clean up any unwanted contaminants. C. Thesis- Bioremediation is a wonderful advancement in the scientific world in many ways as it uses a variety of organisms, treats several circumstances and helps the natural environment. II. The History of Bioremediation D. Types of bioremediation have been around since ancient times recording back to around 600. B.C. when Romans build sewage systems to regulate and decontaminate wastewater (BICnews). i. Smaller types of bioremediation have also been used for quite some time such as composting. E. Bioremediation did not become a well thought of science until about forty years ago when it had been given a new approach; to treat containments such as sludge from refineries. F. Although degrading hydrocarbons from soil had been slightly practiced since the early 1900s, with the increasing publicity of bioremediation, the practice became more widely used. From here bioremediation took a giant leap as its many uses became more apparent. ii. Microorganisms could be used to treat a wide variety of medium from soil to groundwater and the ocean, bioremediation was beginning to emerge G. Around the beginning of 1980, bioremediation became widely commercialized and more prominently known. H. It was not until 1989 that the public would get a mouthful of bioremediation news from the media in response to
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