Bioremediation
Principles and Applications
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- Editors:
- Ronald L. Crawford, University of Idaho
- Don L. Crawford, University of Idaho
- Date Published: September 2005
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521019156
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Increased industrial and agricultural activity this century has led to vast quantities of the earth's soil and groundwater resources becoming contaminated with hazardous chemicals. Bioremediation provides a technology based on the use of living organisms, usually bacteria and fungi, to remove pollutants from soil and water, preferably in situ. This approach, which is potentially more cost-effective than traditional techniques such as incineration of soils and carbon filtration of water, requires an understanding of how organisms transform chemicals, how they survive in polluted environments and how they should be employed in the field. This book examines these issues for many of the most serious and common environmental contaminants, resulting in a volume which presents the most recent position on the application of bioremediation to the cleanup of polluted soil and water.
Read more- Comprehensive - all important classes of organic pollutant covered in a single volume
- Practical emphasis - illustrates how to clean up various pollutants by biological means
- Authoritative - contributions from all the leading experts in this area combine to make a unique, multidisciplinary information resource
- For academics in microbiology and environmental science, also industrial and government scientists in pollution control
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'The editors of this book and the contributing authors should be congratulated in providing an up to date review of this rapidly developing subject and it should be of use to many scientists interested in Bioremediation.' The Association of Applied Biologists News
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- Date Published: September 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521019156
- length: 416 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.622kg
- contains: 38 b/w illus. 59 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface D. Crawford
1. Introduction R. Crawford
2. Engineering of bioremediation processes W. Admassu and R. A. Korus
3. Bioremediation in soil: influence of soil properties on organic contaminants and bacteria M. J. Morra
4. Biodegradation of 'BTEX' hydrocarbons under anaerobic conditions L. Crumholtz, M. E. Caldwell and J. M. Suflita
5. Bioremediation of petroleum contamination E. Rosenberg and E. Zon
6. Bioremediation of environments contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons J. Mueller, C. Cerniglia and P. Pritchard
7. Bioremediation of nitroaromatic compounds S. B. Funk, D. Crawford and R. Crawford
8. A history of PCB biodegradation R. Unterman
9. Bioremediation of chlorinated phenols J. Puhakka and E. Melin
10. Biodegradation of chlorinated aliphatic compounds L. Wackett
11. Microbial remediation of metals T. Roane, I. Pepper and R. Miller
12. Molecular techniques in bioremediation M. Shields and S. Francesconi
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