Environmental Microbiology (Wiley Series in Ecological and Applied Microbiology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471506478 ISBN 13: 9780471506478

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1992

Synopsis

This volume explores new developments in our understanding of the control and prevention of complex microbial processes underlying environmental deterioration. Topics cover a wide range of environments in air, water and soil. Emphasis is on the description of how techniques in molecular genetics are applied to the detection of micro-organisms, degradation of hazardous chemicals, and control of agricultural pests and environmental contaminants.

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Environmental Microbiology In the past decade, the field of environmental microbiology has made significant progress in the struggle against environmental contamination. During this period, molecular genetics has become a valuable source of new techniques for the detection of microorganisms, the degradation of hazardous chemicals, and as a means of safely controlling agricultural pests. Environmental Microbiology offers an in–depth examination of the role of microbiological processes related to environmental deterioration. Emphasizing new approaches, this book investigates the complex microbial processes involved in both the contamination of water, soil, the atmosphere, and the stratosphere, and pollution control. 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 waste management.

Environmental Microbiology will be of interest to microbiologists, chemists, and environmental and chemical engineers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471506478
• ISBN 13: 9780471506478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424
• Editor: Mitchell Ralph