Fungal compositions for bioremediation
AssigneesThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
InventorsJoan Wennstrom Bennett, Adele Marie Childress, Kenneth George Wunch, William Joseph Connick, Jr.
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Abstract
Compositions and methods for bioremediation of sites contaminated with chemical pollutants, wherein survival and colonization of a polluted medium by a fungal microorganism having the capacity to degrade a chemical pollutant is enhanced; and microorganisms having the capacity to degrade one or more priority pollutants.
Claims2
A composition for remediating a polluted medium, said composition comprising an inoculum of Marasmiellus troyanus strain no. 216-1867, a source of at least one nutrient, and an alginate carrier.
A composition for remediating a polluted medium, said composition comprising an inoculum of Marasmiellus troyanus strain no. 216-1867 in a non-toxic gel carrier effective for increasing the survivability of said species upon introduction of the species into a contaminated soil;
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- wherein the carrier is further capable of excluding toxic pollutants and of sequestering nutrients to the Marasmiellus species.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.