摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides an enhanced biodegradation process by applying to petroleum-contaminated soil or water essential microbial nutrients in a form capable of releasing the nutrients over time at a rate which, at 25 °C, is substantially linear. Importantly, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the microbial nutrients that are applied to the soil or water are in a form such that the release of nutrients at 38 °C will be greater than that at 25 °C by a factor of about 2.5 to 6.0, and preferably from a factor of about 3 to about 5.0.</p> |