Probiotics help poplar trees clean up toxins in Superfund sites

(University of Washington) Researchers from the University of Washington and several small companies have conducted the first large-scale experiment on a Superfund site using poplar trees fortified with a probiotic -- or natural microbe -- to clean up groundwater contaminated with trichloroethylene, or TCE.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news