Blue cloth hardcover in dust jacket. Clean and bright with crisp text. "This is the first book to weave the complexities of biofilm process engineering, microbiology, and chemistry into a unified presentation. Consolidating data from over 680 published references and heretofore unpublished material, this book lays the foundation for an understanding of biofilm accumulation and its environmental interactions. With practical, sharply descriptive physical, conceptual, and mathematical models, Biofilms seeks to advance a new understanding of the science and engineering of these natural structures. Biofilms is divided into four parts. Part I introduces biofilms and process analysis techniques as well as experimental biofilm systems. Part II describes their two major constituents: cells and extracellular polymeric substances. Part III describes the physical, chemical, and microbiological processes (and their rates) that may contribute to biofilm accumulation and activity. Part IV integrates these processes with modeling approaches for simulating biofilm system behavior. Finally, Part V presents several applications of biofilm processes. For enhanced technical use, the text integrates the micro- and mesoscales systems generally used to measure biofilm phenomena experimentally and introduces a conversion method to the macroscale. Also featured is a bibliography of over 680 references as well as over 200 illustrations, photomicrographs, and tables. Notation and units are ones recommended by the IAWPRC and IUPAC. Its thorough, balanced approach makes Biofilms a book especially useful for professionals in water treatment, petroleum production, power generation, aquatic ecology, and environmental engineering as well as undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and microbiology. A forward-looking contribution to the science literature, Biofilms deftly charts a course for research and development to come." [International orders will require extra shipping]. Seller Inventory # 39087

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Title: BIOFILMS

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, NY

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition, First Printing.

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