Question

Bio-remediation can be used at the sites contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was addressed to me in unit test.

The query is from Use of Remediation Techniques in division Management and Remediation of Problem Soil of Environmental Biotechnology

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) True

The explanation is: Petroleum hydrocarbons contaminated sites are removed by bioremediation which uses microorganisms and microbes generally use these petroleum hydrocarbons as nutrition source for growth thereby, degrading them from the environment.