bioremediation

English Thesaurus

1. the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances (noun.act)

hypernym	:	handling, treatment,
definition	:	the management of someone or something (noun.act)

domain category	:	bacteria, bacterium,
definition	:	(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants (noun.animal)

2. the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	biotech, biotechnology,
definition	:	the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes (noun.cognition)