The lack of commercial applications for engineered microbes in bioremediation is attributed to difficulties in engineering microbes that can outcompete native organisms while targeting recalcitrant pollutants, a lack of field trials, regulatory hurdles, and safety and containment concerns regarding the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

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  Engineering biology applications for environmental solutions - Nature

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