Global Environmental Biotechnology Book

	Preface
	Foreword: Environmental Politics in Post World War II America
1	Metal bioaccumulation by Pseudomonas: A way to bioremediation	3
2	Detection of heavy metal ion resistance genes in lead-resistant bacteria	9
3	Stress responses of three Pseudomonas species and Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia to heat and selected pollutants	27
4	Use of a luminescent bacterial biosensor for biomonitoring and characterisation of arsenic toxicity of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)	41
5	Genetic engineering and its potential for mercury(II) bioremediation	51
6	Siderophore alcaligin E production by Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34: features of the ale-operon and application perspectives of alcaligin E for leaching of heavy metals	61
7	Bacterial sulfate reduction treatment of mining-related wastewaters: pilot plant results	75
8	Study of cadmium uptake and accumulation in Lactobacillus plantarum and Escherichia coli	83
9	Biosorption and desorption studies of chromium(III) by free and immobilised rhizobium (BJVr 12) cells	93
10	The interactive effect of environmental carcinogens namely Cd and Ni on rat DNA	105
11	Adsorption and uptake of nickel by Chlamydomonas acidophilus	111
12	A molecular approach to understanding aluminum tolerance in soybean (Glycine max L.)	125
13	Biosorption of heavy metals by Aspergillus niger	139
14	Biosorption of copper by living Phanerochaete chrysosporium mycelium	157
15	Codigestion of olive oil mill wastewaters together with manure, household waste or sewage sludge	173
16	Controlled release of herbicides from biodegradable matrices	181
17	Accelerated coffee pulp composting	199
18	Fungal biomass estimation in batch solid substrate cultivation using asymptotic observation	211
19	Multivariable model predictive control of a solid substrate pilot bioreactor: a simulation study	221
20	An aseptic pilot bioreactor for solid substrate cultivation processes	233
21	Treatment of waste water from a multi-product food processing company, in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors: the effect of seasonal variation	245
22	Analysis of immobilised cell bioreactors for desulfurisation of flue gases and sulfite/sulfate laden waste water	253
23	Sensor technology applied to the environment	267
24	The effects of increasing the concentration and distribution of a synthetic wastewater to a modified bench scale rotating biological contactor	283
25	Solid substrate fermentation of agroresidues for value-added products: the Malaysian experience	301
26	Treatment of oily soil with microbes in the laboratory	307
27	The treatment of cumene hydroperoxide containing wastewaters	311
28	Risk assessment at a JP-4 contamination site after active remediation	321
29	Detection of bacterial DNA sequences via oligonucleotide-based biosensors	341
30	Expectations for commercial adoption of new heavy metal bioremediation technologies	347
31	Preliminary respirometer studies for the bioremediation of PAH contaminated soils	355
32	Innovative bioremediation technologies: the DOD/AATDF contribution	365
33	Bench scale investigations of the effects of biosurfactants on the bioavailability of hydrocarbon contaminants	377
34	Accumulation of catechol by a wild-type strain of Rhodococcus from benzene	389
35	Anaerobic degradation and production of alkane/alkene by a new facultative chemoautotrophic bacterium strain HD-1	401
36	Gas-phase methyl ethyl ketone biodegradation in a tubular biofilm reactor: microbiological and bioreactor aspects	417
37	Introduction and PCR detection of Desulfomonile tiedjei in soil slurry microcosms	437
38	Enhancement of the biodegradability of wastewater containing recalcitrant or inhibitory chemical compounds by photocatalytic pre-oxidation	451
39	Anaerobic bioremediation of explosives-contaminated soil: a laboratory study	463
40	Evaluation of high molecular weight PAH degradation by a pyrene-enriched microbial community in inoculated soils	475
41	Application of bioreactors for bioremediation	489
42	Biodegradation pathway of atrazine in soil of northern Israel	505
43	Kinetics and population dynamics during biodegradation of phenol by a binary mixed culture	513
44	'Soft' remediation strategies: examples for activation of microbiological self-cleaning potencies in contaminated water, sediment and soil	519
45	Rapid detection of the phenol-carboxylating strain 6, an anaerobic gram-positive bacterium, in soil by PCR	537
46	The application of nitrate as an alternative electron acceptor for the remediation of contaminated sites	545
47	Biofortified farming systems for sustainable agriculture and improved environment	551
48	Rapid bioassessment of intermittent streams in the Upper Brazos River watershed	559
49	Potentialities of nitrophenols-degrading microorganisms	567
50	Comparative competitiveness of strains degrading xenobiotics and microorganisms from various ecosystems	573
51	Isolation and characterisation of a new lipopeptide biosurfactant produced by Arthrobacter sp. MIS38	585
52	Respirometric protocol to evaluate acute microbial inhibition in activated sludge	597