Q.The use of microorganism metabolism to remove pollutants such as oil spills in the water bodies is known as

Step 1. Bioremediation is defined in the chapter as the use of microorganism metabolism (as in aerobic/anaerobic wastewater bioremediation methods) to break down and remove pollutants.

Step 2. Applied to oil spills specifically, oil-degrading bacteria metabolise hydrocarbon components of spilled oil, converting them into less harmful substances -- this is a real, documented approach used after marine oil spills. …

Match the microorganism-based pollutant-removal description to the term 'bioremediation', distinguishin …

• Confusing bioremediation (removing pollutants) with biomagnification (pollutants accumulating), which are opposite processes. …