Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Biodegradation, Environmental

Synonyms

Environmental Biodegradation

Definitions

Use of PLANTS to accumulate or degrade ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS.

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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