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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2004
Jay Scott Angle, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Rufus L. Chaney, Beltsville, MD (US);
Reda Abdelaziz Abou-shanab, Alexandria, EG;
Peter Van Berkum, Columbia, MD (US);
Jay Scott Angle, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Rufus L. Chaney, Beltsville, MD (US);
Reda Abdelaziz Abou-Shanab, Alexandria, EG;
Peter Van Berkum, Columbia, MD (US);
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Abstract
The invention includes methods for (1) extracting metals from soil by the use of plants that extract and accumulate the metal and adding bacteria to the soil that enhances the ability of the plants to extract the metal, and (2) preparing soil for extraction of a metal by plants by adding bacteria to the soil that enhances the ability of plants to extract the metal. It is preferred that the plants be planted in the soil as seeds and that the bacteria added to the soil is also added to the seeds prior to planting.