3. Results and discussion
In order to validate the potential of Microbial Electro-remediating
Cell technology to restore a polluted soil we have
selected an agriculture soil and the herbicide atrazine as target for
our clean-up strategy.
Fig. 1. Atrazine removal (excluding sorption to soil matrix) from polluted soils under
different treatments. Atrazine removal by MERCs was represented in percentage after
subtracting the control assay (Sterilized MERC). Atrazine removal under natural
attenuation was represented in percentage after subtracting the control assay (sterilized
soil). The error bars represent standard deviation.