Local fungi, willow and municipal compost effectively remediate petroleum-contaminated soil in the Canadian North

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Robichaud, Kawina, Girard, Catherine, Dagher, Dimitri, Stewart, Katherine, Labrecque, Michel, Hijri, Mohamed, Amyot, Marc
• Other Authors: Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Département de sciences biologiques
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Northern bioremediation; Soil microbiome; Mycoremediation; Phytoremediation; Petroleum hydrocarbon; Canada; Parkland; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/23207; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.108

Low energy-input alternatives based on locally available products are needed for treating petroleum-hydrocarbon spills in northern regions. We tested the efficacy of three local biological components (municipal compost, white-rot fungus: Pleurotus ostreatus and willow: Salix planifolia) to remediate...