environmental microbiology Books
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ASTM Standards on Materials and Environmental Microbiology, 4th Edition
Get all ASTM microbiology standards o one convenient CD-ROM. 149 microbiology standards from 19 volumes of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards cover: • Methods to evaluate antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal products • Materials, such as wood, paper, adhesives, plastics, paints, and packaging; ...
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Environmental Pollution Control Microbiology: A Fifty-Year Perspective
Compiling knowledge gained through more than 50 years of experience in environmental engineering technology, this book illustrates the application of fundamental concepts in microbiology to provide a sound basis for the design and operation of various biological systems used in solving environmental ...
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Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Aromatic Compounds
The present book represents a compilation of the major contributions of a NATO workshop on: Bioremediation of soils contaminated with aromatic compounds and took place in Tartu, Estonia. It demonstrated the importance and necessity of interdisciplinary research in modern environmental biotechnology. ...
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Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Aromatic Compounds
The present book represents a compilation of the major contributions of a NATO workshop on: Bioremediation of soils contaminated with aromatic compounds and took place in Tartu, Estonia. It demonstrated the importance and necessity of interdisciplinary research in modern environmental biotechnology. ...
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Microorganisms to Combat Pollution
This volume contains materials first presented at an international workshop on 'The Use of Microorganisms to Combat Pollution', held in Israel, May 10-18, 1992. Each of the contributors is an acknowledged expert on the treatment of one or more types of pollution using microorganisms or their enzymes. The subject coverage is broad, and most of the chapters are divided into three parts: (a) a ...
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Microbial Food Poisoning
The incidence of food poisoning continues to rise and now there is even greater interest in the subject of microbial food poisoning and food safety, than when the first edition of this popular book was published. As in the first edition of his book, Adrian Eley summarizes information on the principal agents that cause food poisoning and emphasizes their mode of action. Also discussed in ...
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Environmental Monitoring of Bacteria
Clive Edwards and his distinguished panel of researchers bring together a collection of detailed molecular methods for the environmental monitoring of bacterial populations. These state-of-the-art methods include techniques for the recovery of cells, for the analysis of whole cells, and for the molecular ...
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An Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology
An Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology provides an introduction to the subject of environmental biotechnology. Environmental biotechnology refers to the use of micro-organisms and other living systems to solve current environmental problems such as the detoxification of pollutants and clean-up of ...
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Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial
A practical guide for the identification and management of a range of hazardous wastes, Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial integrates technical information including chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, with current regulations. Emphasizing basic environmental science and ...
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The Biofilm Primer
culture methods that dominated microbiology throughout the last century. Bacteria grow predominantly in ...
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Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment and Engineering
Explores the fundamental concepts of sustainable wastewater treatment Uses the concept of mass balance to develop models applicable to various unit processes Examines energy production from wastewater treatment with calculations Addresses U.S. EPA and international standards Covers recent advances in nutrient removal concepts and technologies Contains more than 120 illustrations Supplies numerous ...
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Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth’s Critical Zone
"Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth's Critical Zone" presents contributions from the 1st International Symposium of Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth's Critical Zone held in Hangzhou, China. It introduces new ideas, findings, methods, and ...
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Harmful Cyanobacteria
Several cyanobacterial species can produce powerful toxins that provide a serious threat for water quality, other aquatic organisms, and human health. These harmful cyanobacteria are especially prominent in freshwater ecosystems, and are a major concern for water managers. From a scientific perspective, there are many recent advances in this research area:- Owing to the scientific revolution in ...
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Advances in Applied Bioremediation
Bioremediation is a rapidly advancing field and the technology has been applied successfully to remediate many contaminated sites. The goal of every soil remediation method is to enhance the degradation, transformation, or detoxification of pollutants and to protect, maintain and sustain environmental ...
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Biodegradation and Bioremediation
The diverse metabolic capabilities of microorganisms and their interactions with hazardous organic and inorganic compounds have long been recognized. Microbial processes are environmentally compatible and can be integrated with non-biological processes to detoxify, degrade and immobilize environmental ...
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Environmental Biotechnology
Volume 10: Environmental Biotechnology in the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series presents the theories and principles of various environmental biotechnologies. This outstanding collection of science information is designed as a basic Environmental Biotechnology textbook as well as a reference ...
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Soil Heavy Metals
Human activities have dramatically changed the composition and organisation of soils. Industrial and urban wastes, agricultural application and also mining activities resulted in an increased concentration of heavy metals in soils. How plants and soil microorganisms cope with this situation and the sophisticated techniques developed for survival in contaminated soils is discussed in this volume. ...
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The Microbiology of Activated Sludge
Waste water treatment is the largest biotechnology industry in the world, handling and disposing of domestic and industrial wastes so they present no threat to the general populace or the environment at large. The activated sludge process is the cornerstone of sewage treatment systems. Although it is a biological process and has been in use for more than 80 years, we still lack detailed ...
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