Ebook: Biotechnology in the Sustainable Environment

Challenges and Opportunities in the Area of Environmental Biotechnology; G.S. Sayler.Advances in Sustainable Biotechnology: Global Trends Affecting Green Technology; D. Miller. Green Chemistry: Using Enzymes As Benign Substitutes for Synthetic Chemicals and Harsh Conditions in Industrial Processes; G.E. Nedwin.TheState-of-The-Science in Environmental Biotechnology and Remediation: Phytoremediation Applications for Removing Heavy Metal Contamination from Soil and Water; B.D. Ensley, et al. The Role of Microbial PCB Dechlorination in Natural Restoration and Bioremediation; D.L. Bedard,H.M. Van Dort.Environmental Biotechnology at Home and Abroad: Environmental Biotechnology Issues in the United States Federal Government; D.J. Grimes.Environmental Monitoring, Risk Analysis, andApplications to Bioremediation: Environmentally Acceptable Endpoints: The Scientific Approach to Clean-Up Levels; D. Ritter.Advances inWastewater Treatment Technology: Biotreatability Kinetics: A Critical Component in the Scale-Up of Wastewater Treatment Systems; C.P.L.Grady, Jr., et al.Summary: Biotechnology in the Sustainable Environment: A Review; J.J. Gauthier. 23 Additional Artricles. Index.

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Area of Environmental Biotechnology; G.S. Sayler.Advances in Sustainable Biotechnology: Global Trends Affecting Green Technology; D. Miller. Green Chemistry: Using Enzymes As Benign Substitutes for Synthetic Chemicals and Harsh Conditions in Industrial Processes; G.E. Nedwin.TheState-of-The-Science in Environmental Biotechnology and Remediation: Phytoremediation Applications for Removing Heavy Metal Contamination from Soil and Water; B.D. Ensley, et al. The Role of Microbial PCB Dechlorination in Natural Restoration and Bioremediation; D.L. Bedard,H.M. Van Dort.Environmental Biotechnology at Home and Abroad: Environmental Biotechnology Issues in the United States Federal Government; D.J. Grimes.Environmental Monitoring, Risk Analysis, andApplications to Bioremediation: Environmentally Acceptable Endpoints: The Scientific Approach to Clean-Up Levels; D. Ritter.Advances inWastewater Treatment Technology: Biotreatability Kinetics: A Critical Component in the Scale-Up of Wastewater Treatment Systems; C.P.L.Grady, Jr., et al.Summary: Biotechnology in the Sustainable Environment: A Review; J.J. Gauthier. 23 Additional Artricles. Index.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Challenges and Opportunities in the Area of Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 1-4
Green Technology Trends....Pages 5-12
Green Chemistry....Pages 13-32
Fungal Degradation of Azo Dyes and Its Relationship to their Structure....Pages 33-45
Engineering Enzymes and Microorganisms for the Transformation of Synthetic Compounds....Pages 47-57
Phytoremediation Applications for Removing Heavy Metal Contamination from Soil and Water....Pages 59-64
The Role of Microbial PCB Dechlorination in Natural Restoration and Bioremediation....Pages 65-71
An Integrated Treatment System for Polychlorinated Biphenyls Remediation....Pages 73-83
Ten Years of Research in Groundwater Transport Studies at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi....Pages 85-96
Bioaugmentation of TCE-Contaminated Soil with Inducer-Free Microbes....Pages 97-106
Is Bioremediation a Viable Option for Contaminated Site Treatment?....Pages 107-126
Monitoring the Population Dynamics of Biodegradable Consortia During Bioremediation....Pages 127-138
Biological Treatment of Air Pollutants....Pages 139-146
Environmental Biotechnology Issues in the Federal Government....Pages 147-152
Environmental Biotechnology Issues in Russia....Pages 153-168
Sustainable Development and Responding to the Challenges of the Evolution of Environmental Biotechnology in Canada....Pages 169-181
Environmental Biotechnologies in Mexico....Pages 183-199
Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 201-207
Environmentally Acceptable Endpoints....Pages 209-214
Environmental Risk Assessments and the Need to Cost-Effectively Reduce Uncertainty....Pages 215-221
Accurately Assessing Biodegradation and Fate....Pages 223-232
Modeling to Predict Biodegradability....Pages 233-248
Analytical Microsystems....Pages 249-260
Bioreporters and Biosensors for Environmental Analysis....Pages 261-268
Risk Assessment for a Recombinant Biosensor....Pages 269-279
Risk-Related Issues Affecting Bioimplementation....Pages 281-296
Bioremediation....Pages 297-305
Biotreatability Kinetics....Pages 307-321
Molecular Analysis and Control of Activated Sludge....Pages 323-342
Anaerobic Biotechnology for Sustainable Waste Treatment....Pages 343-359
Advances in Biological Nutrient Removal from Wastewater....Pages 361-378
Biotechnology in the Sustainable Environment....Pages 379-384
Back Matter....Pages 385-389