Practical Environmental Bioremediation ― The Field Guide

First published in 1992, this volume discusses the application of the innovative technology of bioremediation, the microbiological treatment of environments contaminated with various organic and inorganic compounds. The volume condenses current knowledge, presenting the technical issues and concepts in language that can be readily understood by the general public and students in the field. Chapters include historical perspective; microbial nutrition and environmental requirements; microbial destruction of environmental pollutants; the bioremediation laboratory; applied bioremediation; anaerobic biodegradation; surface bioremediation of soils and sludges; bioreactors; In situ aquifer bioremediation; lagoon bioremediation; Vadose zone bioremediation; and developing bioremediation technologies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.