Bioremediation
Subtitle: methods and protocols
By: edited by Stephen P. Cummings
Series: Springer protocols; Methods in molecular biology -- 599; Springer protocols; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) -- v. 599.
Publisher: Humana Press; Springer [distributor]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781607614388; 9781607614395
Subjects: Environmental Biodegradation; Bioremediation
Description: In this book experts in the field explore imaginative and ambitious multidisciplinary techniques that will enable more predictable removal of pollutants from a variety of environments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Measurement of bioaccessibility of organic pollutants in soil / Laura McAllister and Kirk T. Semple; title: Heavy metal bioavailability and bioaccessibility in soil / John Richard Dean; title: Addressing PCR biases in environmental microbiology studies / Rita Sipos ... [et al.]; title: MPN- and real-time-based PCR mehods for the quantification of alkane monooxygenase homologous genes (alkB) in environmental samples / Alfredo Pérez-de-Mora, Stephan Schulz, and Michael Schloter; title: Application of fingerprinting molecular methods in bioremediation studies / Dimitrios G. Karpouzas and Brajesh K. Singh; title: Using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis to assess microbial community structure in compost systems / Soni M. Tiquia; title: Combination fluorescence in situ hybridization with staining techniques for cell viability and accumulation of PHA and polyP in microorganisms in complex microbial systems / Jeppe Lund Nielsen, Caroline Kragelund, and Per Halkjær Nielsen; title: Ecophysiological analysis of microorganisms in complex microbial systems by combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization with extracellular staining techniques / Jeppe Lund Nielsen, Caroline Kragelund, and Per Halkjær Nielsen; title: Applications of DNA-stable isotope probing in bioremediation studies / Yin Chen, Jyotsna Vohra, and J. Colin Murrell; title: Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis : discovering biomolecules for environmental bioremediation / Om V. Singh and Anuj K. Chandel; title: The application of molecular techniques to the study of wastewater treatment systems / Irena Wojnowska-Baryła, Agnieszka Cydzik-Kwiatkowska, and Magdalena Zielińska; title: Plasmid-mediated bioaugmentation of wastewater microbial communities in a laboratory-scale bioreactor / Stephan Bathe and Martina Hausner; title: The role of decision support for bioremediation strategies, exemplified by hydrocarbons for in site and ex situ procedures / Elizabeth E. Diplock ... [et al.]; title: Monitored natural attenuation / Kirsten S. Jorgensen, Jani M. Salminen, and Katarina Björklöf; title: Application of bioassays for the ecotoxicity assessment of contaminated soils / Maria D. Fernández, Mar Babín, and José V. Tarazona; title: Community-level physiological profiling / Kela P. Weber and Raymond L. Legge.