What is MEOR?

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MEOR is microbial enhanced oil recovery.  Some microbes produce biosurfactants that increase the water-solubility of oil.  The biosurfactants’ benefit microbes by making it easier for the microbes to metabolize oil.  Additionally, the biosurfactants can strip oil from rock and soil surfaces to improve environmental remediation by extraction, air stripping, or sparging. The Pseudomonas sp. in […]

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Bioremediation of Phthalates

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Fast and Economical Phthalate Contamination Removal Bioremediation of phthalates can reduce risks to human health and the environment.  Phthalates are a  a family of common industrial chemicals used in plastics and other consume products.  Phthalates can damage the liver, kidneys, lungs and reproductive system.  Petrox microbes can remove these contaminants from water or soil to […]

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Oil-Contaminated Water Treatment

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Sustainable Bioremediation of Industrial Wastewater CL Solutions provides a special consortium of microbes for oil-contaminated water treatment.   Under various conditions, the oil removal rate was as much as 1,300 mg/L/day.  In some situations the remediation goal is simply to remove the visible sheen or separate-phase oil.  With aeration, CL Solutions microbes were able to remove […]

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Pesticide Bioremediation – Landfarming Application for DDD, DDE and Toxaphene

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Petrox® bioremediation was used to remediate pesticide-contaminated soil at an industrial location in California. Soil Remediation The soil contamination consisted of pesticides including 4,4-DDD, 4’4-DDE and toxaphene.  Soil samples were sent to CL Solutions for bench-scale treatability studies.   The following table shows the  maximum detected concentrations and the treatment results. Contaminant Untreated Concentrations (ug/Kg) Post-treatment […]

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