Environmental Microbiology

Ralph Mitchell

ISBN 10: 047159587X / ISBN 13: 9780471595878

Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc, US, 1993

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environmental Microbiology
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc, US
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047159587X
• ISBN 13: 9780471595878
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 516 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.