Bioremediation: Principles and Applications: 6 (Biotechnology Research, Series Number 6) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521470412 ISBN 13: 9780521470414

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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Review

'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

Book Description

Bioremediation provides a technology based on the use of microorganisms to remove pollutants from soil and water. This book presents the most recent practical and theoretical information on the use of this technique for the removal of many of the world's most serious and common environmental contaminants.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521470412
• ISBN 13: 9780521470414
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 414
• Editor: Crawford Ronald L., Crawford Don L.