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OwnerDaniel Van Der Lelie, Siegfried D'Haene +6inventors
InventorsDaniel Van Der Lelie, Siegfried D'Haene, David Niall Dowling, Ulrich Karlson, Edward R.B. Moore, Safiyh Taghavi, Stefan A.J. Trapp, Jaco Vangronsveld
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A method for the phytoremediation treatment of a contaminated medium with at least one element selected from the group consisting of (preferably water soluble and volatile) organic pollutants, heavy metals, radionuclides or a mixture thereof, comprising the step of cultivating upon said contaminated medium a plant associated with an endophytic microorganism able to improve the phytoremediation of said plant, to reduce phytotoxicity of chemicals, and the step of recovering the elements present in said plant.
A method for the phytoremediation treatment of a contaminated medium with at least one element selected from the group consisting of organic pollutants, heavy metals, radionuclides or a mixture thereof, comprising the step of cultivating upon said contaminated medium a plant associated with an endophytic microorganism able to improve the phytoremediation by said plant and the step of recovering the said element(s) present in said plant.
Plant comprising in its vascular and/or root system a genetically modified endophytic microorganism able to express proteins allowing the degradation or the accumulation of at least one element selected from the group consisting of organic pollutants, heavy metals, radionuclides or a mixture thereof by said plant.
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