biodegradation, environmental

Preferred Label : biodegradation, environmental;

MeSH definition : Elimination of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES and other waste using living organisms, usually involving intervention of environmental or sanitation engineers.;

MeSH synonym : environmental biodegradation;

DeCS synonym : Bioconversion; Biodeterioration; Bioremediation; Biorestauration; Biodegradable Contaminants; Biological Degradation; Microbial Degradation; Non Conservative Contaminants; Non-Persistent Contaminants; Phytoremediation; Putrefaction;

MeSH hyponym : natural attenuation, pollution; bioremediation; phytoremediation; Pollution Natural Attenuation;

MeSH annotation : NIM when specific substance is IM; do not confuse with BIOTRANSFORMATION: see note there; for PHYTOREMEDIATION coordinate with PLANTS;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioremediation;

Details

Origin ID

D001673;

UMLS CUI

C0005482;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Biodegradation of pollutants [PASCAL theme]
- Biodegradation, Environmental [DeCS]
Ne pas confondre avec
- biotransformation [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- biodegradation, environmental [MeSH concept]
- bioremediation [MeSH concept]
- natural attenuation, pollution [MeSH concept]
- phytoremediation [MeSH concept]
See also
- Activated Sludges [DeCS]
- Bioaccumulation [DeCS]
- Biological Treatment [DeCS]
- Bioremediation (Environmental Health) [DeCS]
- Organic Load [DeCS]
- Organic Wastes [DeCS]
- Remediation [DeCS]
- Soil Biology [DeCS]
- Water Selfpurification [DeCS]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- biotransformation [MeSH Descriptor]
- environmental pollutants [MeSH Descriptor]
- environmental pollution [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Natural Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- environmental health [Q-code]

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