Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and ApplicationsMurray Moo-Young, W.A. Anderson, A.M. Chakrabarty Biotechnology offers a `natural' way of addressing environmental problems, ranging from identification of biohazards to bioremediation techniques for industrial, agricultural and municipal effluents and residues. Biotechnology is also a crucial element in the paradigm of `sustainable development'. This collection of 66 papers, by authors from 20 countries spanning 4 continents, addresses many of these issues. The material presented will interest scientists, engineers, and others in industry, government and academia. It incorporates both introductory and advanced aspects of the subject matter, which includes water, air and soil treatment, biosensor and biomonitoring technology, genetic engineering of microorganisms, and policy issues in applying biotechnology to environmental problems. The papers present a variety of aspects ranging from current state-of-the-art research, to examples of applications of these technologies. |
Contents
EVOLUTIONARY INSIGHTS | 1 |
ISOLATION OF A NEW MIXOTROPHIC BACTERIUM WHICH CAN FIX CO2 AND ASSIMILATE ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC HYDROCAR... | 16 |
THEIR POTENTIAL EFFECT ON ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY | 28 |
BIOREMEDIATION OF PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES BY STREPTOMYCETES | 38 |
HEAVY METAL RESISTANCE PLASMIDS AND USE IN BIOREMEDIATION | 47 |
GROWING TREES ON LANDFILLS | 63 |
PLASMID TRANSFER AND CATABOLIC GENE DISTRIBUTION IN THE AREA OF A GROUNDWATER BIOREMEDIATION SYSTEM | 78 |
MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSAY OF TRICKLING FILTERS | 87 |
PRETREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES BY CELLULASE AND XYLANASE ENZYMES PRODUCED BY A BACILLUS SP | 367 |
INDUCING WHITE ROT FUNGI TO GROW IN AND DEGRADE POLLUTANTS IN NONSTERILIZED SOIL | 378 |
A FIELD STUDY | 383 |
BIOTREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS USING AERATED SUBMERGED FIXEDFILM REACTORS | 393 |
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE PAPER INDUSTRY AERATED LAGOON FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT | 412 |
CHARACTERIZATION OF TYPICAL PHARMACEUTICAL EFFLUENTS AND USE OF GENERATED DATA FOR DESIGN AND OPERATION ... | 423 |
POLLUTANTS REMOVAL BY IMMOBILIZED MICROALGAE CULTURES | 430 |
BIODEGRADATION OF EFFLUENTS FROM FISH CANNING FACTORY AND DAIRY PRODUCTS PROCESSING PLANT | 440 |
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NITRILE HYDRATASE FROM Rhodococcus rhodochrous M8 | 96 |
MICROBIAL RESPONSE TO MULTIPLEMETAL STRESS | 105 |
A METABOLIC ENGINEERING VIEW ON MOLECULAR BREEDING OF AN ALCOHOL FERMENTING YEAST FROM XYLOSE | 114 |
ADSORPTION PROFILES OF SILVERRESISTANT P diminuta AT 2 DIFFERENT pHs | 125 |
ZINC RESISTANCE IN AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE SP7 AND ITS APPLICATION | 132 |
CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF THE aPINENE MONO OXYGENASE GENE FROM Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11671 | 140 |
BY Pseudomonas stutzeri RS34 | 154 |
CARBOXYLATION OF PHENOL TO BENZOIC ACID BY A METHANOGENIC CONSORTIUM | 163 |
MICROBIAL PROPERTIES GOVERNING THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS | 174 |
DISTRIBUTION OF BPH GENES ENCODING BIPHENYL AND POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DEGRADING ENZYMES IN SOIL BACTERIA | 187 |
THERMOPHILIC AEROBIC PROCESSES FOR WASTE SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATMENT | 200 |
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH | 215 |
II ENHANCED LANDFARMING FOR BIOREMEDIATION OF OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL | 243 |
ENGINEERING ANAEROBIC DECHLORINATION FOR BIOREMEDIATION | 251 |
Penny ChanEDIATION OF SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS | 261 |
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE BIODEGRADATION OF TEXTILE DYES BY AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS | 268 |
COMPOSTING OF AGRICULTURAL WASTES BY NONAMMONIA FORMING DEODORANT MICROORGANISMS | 283 |
BIOTREATMENT OF MARINE CRUSTACEAN AND CHICKEN EGG SHELL WASTE | 292 |
IN AQUEOUS EXTRACT FROM PCPTREATED WOOD BY Arthrobacter sp | 306 |
GROWTH OF Chalara IN SAGO STARCH PROCESSING PITH RESIDUE Hampas | 315 |
GROWTH OF Pleurotus sajorcaju ON OIL PALM FROND PARENCHYMA TISSUE | 324 |
COUPLING TRANSPORT AND CONSUMPTION OF METHANE BY METHANOTROPHS | 334 |
ASSESSMENT OF THE AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION POTENTIAL OF RDX TNT GAP AND NC | 341 |
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PCBS BY A TWOSTAGE PROCESS | 354 |
BENZALDEHYDE PRODUCTION WASTE WATER TREATMENT BY BACTERIAL ASSOCIATION | 447 |
MICROBIAL TREATMENT OF PHENOLIC WASTES | 454 |
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF NITROSUBSTITUTED PHENOLS IN WASTES | 460 |
ROLE OF LIGNIN PEROXIDASE AND MANGANESE PEROXIDASE OF PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM IN THE DECOLORIZATION ... | 475 |
REMOVAL OF PHENOLS BY OXIDATIVE ENZYMES | 484 |
MICROBIALLYMEDIATED METAL REMOVAL FROM ACID MINE DRAINAGE | 485 |
FULL SCALE ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF DAIRY WASTEWATER USING THE SNC MULTIPLATE REACTOR | 492 |
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION MODELLING AND UASB REACTOR PERFORMANCE | 503 |
MODELLING A TWOSTAGE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS | 529 |
BEHAVIOUR OF PRESOLUBILIZED SLUDGE IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION | 515 |
NOVEL BIOMONITORING TECHNIQUES FOR PHENOLICS AND POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS | 547 |
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF CATTLE MANURE IN FIXED BED REACTOR | 556 |
IMMOBILIZATION OF A DIGESTED ANAEROBIC SLUDGE | 558 |
SEWAGE TREATMENT AND REUSE BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL POSTTREATMENT | 558 |
THE DETERMINATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS BY MICROBIAL BIOSENSOR | 565 |
DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMMUNOASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF RESIN ACIDS IN PULP MILL EFFLUENTS | 583 |
NEW APPROACHES FOR FORMALDEHYDE ASSAY BASED ON USE OF ENZYMATIC KIT OR pHSENSITIVE HELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR ... | 586 |
BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF INSECTICIDES AND OTHER LOW LEVEL CONTAMINANTS IN FRESHWATERS USING PHOTOTROPHS | 609 |
A MODEL FOR FUTURE MICROBIAL PROCESS SYSTEMS AS A CLEAN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELO... | 619 |
CURRENT STATUS AND POTENTIAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MEXICO | 619 |
TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF DISTILLERY EFFLUENTS IN INDIA | 595 |
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL USE OF GRAMNEGATIVE BACTERIA | 631 |
RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE POLITICAL DILEMMA | 647 |
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Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications Murray Moo-Young,W.A. Anderson,A.M. Chakrabarty No preview available - 2010 |
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