Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Biodegradation, Environmental
Synonyms

Environmental Biodegradation

Bioremediation

Phytoremediation

Pollution Natural Attenuation

Natural Attenuation, Pollution

Definitions

Use of PLANTS to accumulate or degrade ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. Passively allowing naturally occurring organisms at a contaminated site to degrade ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. Elimination of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES and other waste using living organisms, usually involving intervention of environmental or sanitation engineers. A treatment process that uses naturally occurring microorganisms to degrade hazardous substances into less toxic or nontoxic substances.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001673

altLabel

Environmental Biodegradation

Bioremediation

Phytoremediation

Pollution Natural Attenuation

Natural Attenuation, Pollution

AN

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

AQL

DE RE

cui

C1720751

C1720750

C0005482

C0598015

DC

1

definition

Use of PLANTS to accumulate or degrade ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS.

Passively allowing naturally occurring organisms at a contaminated site to degrade ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS.

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

A treatment process that uses naturally occurring microorganisms to degrade hazardous substances into less toxic or nontoxic substances.

DX

19780101

HN

2007(1969)

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528

Machine permutation

2007; see BIODEGRADATION 1978-2006; see SANITARY ENGINEERING 1975-1977;

MDA

19990101

MMR

20080708

MN

N06.850.460.375.500

N06.230.080.600.500

notation

D001673

prefLabel

Biodegradation, Environmental

TERMUI

T401930

T654585

T654587

T654586

TH

NLM (2001)

NLM (2007)

tui

T070

T069

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D052918

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