Approaches for Removal of PAHs in Soils: Bioaugmentation, Biostimulation and Bioattenuation

Janet Jan-Roblero, Maria Vasquez-Murrieta, Oscar Hernandez-Hernandez, Juan Cruz-Maya and Juan C. Cancino-Diaz

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Abstract: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-contaminated soils have been a concern during last decades; consequently, physicochemical and biological technologies have emerged and evolved with the aim of remediating them. Particularly, biological technologies are considered promising since they are low cost, safe and environmentally friendly. However, their results so far have been diverse and scattered. This chapter includes a review of the current status on bioaugmentation, biostimulation and bioattenuation techniques, which have been applied in PAHs-contaminated agricultural soils during the last decades. Successes and failures in PAHs remediation applied at microcosm and field levels are exhibited. Furthermore, the effects of microbial inoculum, the soil organic matter and the particle size of the aggregates on the PAHs' availability and on the subsequent microbial biodegradation are reviewed. Finally, agricultural management systems are considered in the prediction of the behaviour and the end-point of some contaminants, as well as in the success of applying a biological technique.

Keywords: bioattenuation; biostimulation; bioaugmentation; PAHs; soil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/64682

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