Microbial Transformation and Degradation of ToxicOrganic Chemicals by Lily Y. Young

Microbial Transformation and Degradation of ToxicOrganic Chemicals

This book examines the role of microbes, from theoretical, field, and applied perspectives, in the degradation of toxic organic chemicals.

Partial table of contents:

THE ISSUES.

Microbial Versatility (N. Palleroni).

THE MICROBIOLOGY.

Cleanup of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination in Soil (I. Bossert & G. Compeau).

Bacterial Co-Metabolism of Halogenated Organic Compounds (L. Wackett).

Mechanisms of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation (J. Sutherland, et al.).

Organopollutant Degradation by Ligninolytic Fungi (K. Hammel).

APPLICATIONS IN CLEANUP AND BIOREMEDIATION.

Microbiological Treatment of Chemical Process Wastewater (L. Hallas & M. Heitkamp).

Bioremediation of Chlorophenol Wastes (M. Häggblom & R. Valo).

Biological Treatment of Chlorinated Organics (P. Adriaens & T. Vogel).

FUTURE TRENDS.

Degradative Genes in the Environment (T. Barkay, et al.).

Risk Assessment for Toxic Chemicals in the Environment (D. Gaylor).

Index.

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