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GreenSTEM’s microbe technology is an efficient, effective, and affordable way to clean up fuel and chemical spills

dc.contributor.authorGillis, M.
dc.contributor.authorRamadan, R.
dc.contributor.authorBoubakir, Z.
dc.contributor.authorRepas, T.
dc.contributor.authorKaminskyj, S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-30T23:44:32Z
dc.date.available2019-04-30T23:44:32Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-05
dc.description.abstractPetroleum hydrocarbons are used as fuel and for chemical synthesis. If spilled, fuels and chemicals poison our soil and water, causing local environmental disasters. Bioremediation uses organisms to clean up (remediate) pollutants. We have isolated and characterized microbe strains from contaminated sites, and use them to remediate contaminated sites elsewhere. We identify our strains using their DNA sequences and their appearance. Some microbes, called fungal endophytes, form symbioses, in other words metabolic partnerships between a plant and a fungus. These symbioses have been shown to stimulate plant growth and root formation, even on contaminated soil. Surprisingly, some of our other microbes can degrade hydrocarbons underground, without plants. GreenSTEM has powerful technology: we use native microbes to degrade hydrocarbons and chemicals as they grow on the contaminants as food. Based on our progress to date with fuels and other chemicals, we anticipate isolating new strains specific for other intractable toxins.en_US
dc.description.versionNon-Peer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/12035
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSoils and Crops Workshopen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.titleGreenSTEM’s microbe technology is an efficient, effective, and affordable way to clean up fuel and chemical spillsen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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