Biodegradation and bioremediation

Author(s)

• Alexander, Martin

Bibliographic Information

Biodegradation and bioremediation

Martin Alexander

Academic Press, c1999

2nd ed.

Note

Includes references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Biodegradation has been the subject of active concern for the past 40 years. Recently, the field has expanded to encompass a wide variety of chemicals, a broad array of issues, and the development of the new bioremediation industry. This book presents the basic principles of biodegradation and shows how these principles relate to bioremediation. Authored by a world-renowned environmental microbiologist, Biodegradation and Bioremediation presents microbiological, chemical, toxicological, environmental, engineering, and technological aspects of the subject.

Table of Contents

Growth-linked Biodegradation Acclimation Detoxication Activation Kinetics Threshold Sorption Nonaqueous-Phase Liquids and Compounds with Low Water Solubility Bioavailability: Aging, Sequestering and Complexing Effect of Chemical Structure on Biodegradation Predicting Products of Biodegradation Cometabolism Environmental Effects Inoculation Bioremediation Technologies: In Situ and Solid Phase Bioremediation Technologies: Ex Situ and Bioreactors Bioremediation of Metals and Inorganic Pollutants Recalcitrant Molecules Formation and Biodegradation of Air Pollutants Appendix: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Structures

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Details

• NCID: BA41352840
• ISBN:
  • 0120498618
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: San Diego, Calif. ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 453 p.
• Size: 24 cm.
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 628.52
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Biodegradation