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An introduction to environmental biotechnology

Title: An introduction to environmental biotechnology / by Milton Wainwright.
Author: Wainwright, Milton.
Publication: Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1999], ©1999.

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Description

xiv, 171 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"An Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology provides an introduction to the subject of environmental biotechnology. Environmental biotechnology refers to the use of micro-organisms and other living systems to solve current environmental problems such as the detoxification of pollutants and clean-up of oil tanker spills.
Additionally, it refers to the biotechnology of the agricultural environment, as well as the use of biopesticides and the application of microorganisms to the mining, metal recovery and paper industries."--BOOK JACKET. "An Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology is an introductory text for non-specialists, including engineering and environmental chemists, and environmental scientists who have limited knowledge of microbiology and biotechnology."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Bioremediation

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. An Overview of Microbial Transformations -- 3. The Cycling of Elements in Relation to Environmental Biotechnology -- 4. Genetic Exchange in the Environment -- 5. Bioremediation -- 6. Composting and Solid Waste Management -- 7. Sewage and Wastewater Treatment -- 8. Novel Trends in Biological Wastewater Treatment -- 9. Detection Methods for Water-Borne Pathogens -- 10. Environmental Biotechnology of Fossil Fuels -- 11. Biological Approaches to Solving Air Pollution Problems -- 12. Biofuels -- 13. Environmental Biotechnology of Mineral Processing -- 14. Environmental Biotechnology in the Paper Industry -- 15. Environmental Biotechnology in Agriculture -- 16. Environmental Biotechnology in the Built Environment -- 17. Pollution-Effects on Microorganisms and Microbial Activity in the Environment.

ISBN

0792385691 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99028474

OCLC

ocm41404434

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries