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Title: How can biodiversity affect the way we decontaminate industrial sites?
Post by: ppk on Jul 30, 2011
How can biodiversity affect the way we decontaminate industrial sites?
A) Bacteria have been found to be able to detoxify certain chemicals; perhaps there are more.
B) Trees produce sawdust, which can be used to soak up chemicals.
C) Species evolving in contaminated areas could adapt and detoxify the area.
D) None of the answers given is correct.


Title: Re: How can biodiversity affect the way we decontaminate industrial sites?
Post by: Mike146 on Aug 20, 2011
I believe it is A

A lot of the time, fungi does this much more efficiently than bacteria.