Environmental Microbiology / edited by Ralph Mitchell.
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TextSeries: Wiley Series in Ecological and Applied MicrobiologyPublication details: New York : Wiley-Liss, c.1992.Description: xi, 411 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 047159587X (pbk.)
- 579.17 MIT
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Environmental Microbiology In the past decade, the field ofenvironmental microbiology has made significant progress in thestruggle against environmental contamination. During this period,molecular genetics has become a valuable source of new techniquesfor the detection of microorganisms, the degradation of hazardouschemicals, and as a means of safely controlling agricultural pests.Environmental Microbiology offers an in-depth examination of therole of microbiological processes related to environmentaldeterioration. Emphasizing new approaches, this book investigatesthe complex microbial processes involved in both the contaminationof water, soil, the atmosphere, and the stratosphere, and pollutioncontrol. This comprehensive text addresses such topics as:
* Effects of acid deposition on microbial processes in waters
* Microbial transport of toxic metals
* Transport of pathogens through soils and aquifers
* Microbial processes in coastal pollution
* Bioremediation of organic contaminants in the subsurface
* Microbial control of plant disease
* Composting in the context of municipal solid wastemanagement.
Environmental Microbiology will be of interest to microbiologists,chemists, and environmental and chemical engineers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Bacteria in the Greenhouse: Modeling the Role of Oceanic Plankton in the Global Carbon Cycle
- Effect of Acid Rain on Soil Microbial Processes
- Transport of Pathogens Through Soils and Aquifers
- Control of Enteric Pathogens in Developing Countries
- Molecular Approaches to Environmental Management
- Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants in the Subsurface
- Microbial Control of Plant Diseases
- Microbial Desulfurization of Coal
- Index
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Ralph Mitchell, PhD, is Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Biology in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, and also Professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology there. He is the author of over 200 publications in scientific journals, as well as many book chapters.