Recent Advances in Marine Biotechnology, Vol. 8: Bioremediation

ISBN-13: 9781578082452 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 358 str.

Fingerman, Milton

Opis

The use of marine organisms to degrade a variety of natural and synthetic substances in the marine environment is drawing attention for its potential in environmental restoration. This text's discussions include: petroleum spill bioremediation, use of spectroscopy and detoxification of mercury.

Spis treści

Cold-Active Enzymes from Cold-Adapted Microorganisms: Their Possible Applications and Structural Relationships with Mesophilic and Thermophilic Counterparts; Engineering of Microbial Dioxygenases for the Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds; Piezophilic Bacteria in the Deep-Sea: Isolation, Taxonomy, Diversity, Molecular Adaptation and Biotechnological Potential; Microbial Control of Heavy Metal Pollution: An Overview; Molecular Characterization of Phenol-Degradation Bacteria in Activated Sludge; Cadmium and Manganese Transport Genes in Bacteria; Mercury Remediation Using Natural and Recombinant Microbes; Applications of Molecular Technologies in Environmental Biotechnology for Monitoring Bacteria; Biotechnological Treatment of Sulfur-Containing Wastewaters; Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals: An Overview; Chemical and Biological Transformation of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins

O autorze

Milton Fingerman