The Utilization of Bioremediation to Reduce Soil Contamination: Problems and Solutions

Rapid Detection/Identification of Microbes, Bacterial Spores, Microbial Communities, and Metabolic Activities in Environmental Matrices.- Comparison of Effective Organisms in Bioremediation Processes: Potential Use of Nucleic Acid Probes to Estimate Cyanide Degradation in Situ.- Modern Methods for Estimating Soil Microbial Biomass and Diversity: An Integrated Approach.- Recent Advances in the Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Mycobacterium Species.- Toxic Metal Contamination Treatment with Microbes.- Aerobic Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): The Fate, Distribution, Kinetics and Enhancement of PCB Biodegradation Efficacy in the Bacterial Cell Suspension of Pseudomonas stutzeri.- Adsorption of Heavy Metals to Microbial Biomass: Use of Biosorption for Removal of Metals from Solutions.- Nonenzymic Degradation and Decolorization of Recalcitrant Compounds.- The Impact of Sulfonation Pattern on Indigo Degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium Ligninolytic Enzymes.- Screening of Fungal Strains for Remediation of Water and Soil Contaminated with Synthetic Dyes.- Effect of Countermeasures of Radionuclide Uptake by Agricultural Plants.- Low-Cost Microbiotests for Toxicity Monitoring during Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils.- Application of Bioassays for Site-Specific Risk Assessment.- Effect of PAH-Contaminated Soil on some Plants and Microorganisms.- Development of immunomicroscopic methods for bioremediation.- Ecotoxicological Evaluation of PAH-Contaminated Soil Using Earthworms.- Use of Bioassays in Determining the Ecotoxicity of Industrial Soils.- Genotoxicity Estimation in Soils Contaminated with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons after Biodegradation.- Ecotoxicological Hazard Assessment of Solid-Phase Samples.- Monitoring of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Slovak Freshwater Sediments: Use of Semipermeable Membrane Devices.- Biopiles for Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soils: A Polish Case Study.- Why mycoremediations have not yet come into practice.- From Laboratory to Industrial Scale: Composting of Polluted Soils from Former Coal Industry and Gas Plants: Future Research Needs.- Plant Biotechnology for the Removal of Organic Pollutants and Toxic Metals from Wastewaters and Contaminated Sites: Phytoremediation.- Consideration of Plant-Based Remediation and Restoration of Contaminated Sites Containing Heavy Metals: The Canadian Experience.- Combined Removal of Oil, Toxic Heavy Metals and Arsenic from Polluted Soil.- Landfarming Framework for Sustainable Soil Bioremediation.- Spent Mushroom Substrate: White-Rot Fungi in Aged Creosote- Contaminated Soil.- Bioremediation of PCBs from Contaminated Soil.- Problems of Soil Renovation on Former Military Sites in Lithuania.- The Capacity of Agricultural Soils to Auto-Regulate Bioremediation of Olive-Mill Wastewaters.- Accumulation of Organic Contamination in Plant roots and the Influence of Plant Rhizosphere on Removal of PAH, TPH and Heavy Oil Fractions from Soil.- Perspectives of Stable Isotope Approaches in Bioremediation Research.- Screening of Litter Decomposing Fungi for Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH), Phenanthrene and benzo[a]pyrene.- Photosystem II-Based Biosensors for Phytoremediation.- Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Contaminated Soil with Horseredish Peroxidase and Peroxidase from White Radish Raphatus sativus.- Successful Challenges during the Development and Application of Innovative Processes for the Bioremediation of Soils.- Current State of Bioremediation in the Czech Republic.