When it rains, water droplets react with these gases, forming acids. These acids cause contamination of soil. Bacteria like Acidobacillus ferroxidens and Acidophillium species control soil and groundwater contamination. Bioremediation that employs the use of living organisms, like microbes and bacteria, in the removal of contaminants, pollutants, and toxins from soil, water, and other environments. Soil acidification caused by acid rain changes soil physicochemical properties reduces soil nutrients, decreases soil microbial biomass, and adversely affects microbial community structure thereby affecting plant. Acid rain can cause phytoplankton in lakes to die. Insects, which rely on phytoplankton for food, now have less food to eat, and they begin to die as a result. These insects are a source of food for many other animals, such as fish, birds, frogs, and salamanders.Acidic soils are dominated by Acidobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria while Actinobacteria abundance increases toward alkalinity. However, the most sensitive component of the cell to pH changes is its workhorse, the protein

To control soil pollution caused by acid rain, some microorganisms can help to neutralize the soil pH and detoxify the pollutants. For example:

To remove pollutants from water, there are several types of microorganisms that can be used depending on the type of pollutant. Some examples include:

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The microbes simply eat up contaminants such as oil and organic matter convert them and then let off carbon dioxide and water. The process uses naturally occurring bacteria, fungi or plants to degrade substances that are hazardous to human health or the environment. Several microbes, including aerobes, anaerobes, and fungi, are involved in the enzymatic degradation process. Most of bioremediation systems are run under aerobic conditions, but anaerobic conditions make it possible microbial organisms to degrade otherwise recalcitrant molecules. Soil acidification caused by acid rain changes soil physicochemical properties reduces soil nutrients, decreases soil microbial biomass, and adversely affects microbial community structure thereby affecting plant growth. Microbes are used to clean up pollution treatment in processes known as 'bioremediation'. Bioremediation uses micro-organisms to reduce pollution through the biological degradation of pollutants into non-toxic substances. These organisms have many tasks, and are central to crop fertility, purifying the environment from pollutants, regulating carbon storage stocks and production/consumption of many significant green house gases, such as methane and nitrous oxides. Acid rain can leach copper, aluminum, and other heavy metals out of the soil and into runoff and drinking water. This process in turn puts more harmful materials in the water and soil, thus reducing the populations of organisms in the waterbody or soil. Acid rain can cause phytoplankton in lakes to die. Insects, which rely on phytoplankton for food, now have less food to eat, and they begin to die as a result. These insects are a source of food for many other animals, such as fish, birds, frogs, and salamanders.Acid rain makes such waters more acidic, which results in more aluminum absorption from soil, which is carried into lakes and streams. That combination makes waters toxic to crayfish, clams, fish, and other aquatic animals.