The Utilization Of Bioremediation To Reduce Soil Contamination Book

	Preface
	Contributors
	Rapid Detection/Identification of Microbes, Bacterial Spores, Microbial Communities, and Metabolic Activities in Environmental Matrices	3
	Comparison of Effective Organisms in Bioremediation Processes: Potential Use of Nucleic Acid Probes to Estimate Cyanide Degradation in Situ	21
	Modern Methods for Estimating Soil Microbial Biomass and Diversity: An Integrated Approach	29
	Recent Advances in the Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Mycobacterium Species	51
	Toxic Metal Contamination Treatment with Microbes	75
	Aerobic Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): The Fate, Distribution, Kinetics and Enhancement of PCB Biodegradation Efficacy in the Bacterial Cell Suspension of Pseudomonas stutzeri	95
	Adsorption of Heavy Metals to Microbial Biomass: Use of Biosorption for Removal of Metals from Solutions	115
	Nonenzymic Degradation and Decolorization of Recalcitrant Compounds	127
	The Impact of Sulfonation Pattern on Indigo Degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium Ligninolytic Enzymes	135
	Screening of Fungal Strains for Remediation of Water and Soil Contaminated with Synthetic Dyes	143
	Effect of Countermeasures of Radionuclide Uptake by Agricultural Plants	149
	Low-Cost Microbiotests for Toxicity Monitoring during Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils	155
	Application of Bioassays for Site-Specific Risk Assessment	165
	Effect of PAH-Contaminated Soil on some Plants and Microorganisms	177
	Development of immunomicroscopic methods for bioremediation	187
	Ecotoxicological Evaluation of PAH-Contaminated Soil Using Earthworms	199
	Use of Bioassays in Determining the Ecotoxicity of Industrial Soils	205
	Genotoxicity Estimation in Soils Contaminated with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons after Biodegradation	211
	Ecotoxicological Hazard Assessment of Solid-Phase Samples	217
	Monitoring of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Slovak Freshwater Sediments: Use of Semipermeable Membrane Devices	221
	Biopiles for Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soils: A Polish Case Study	229
	Why mycoremediations have not yet come into practice	247
	From Laboratory to Industrial Scale: Composting of Polluted Soils from Former Coal Industry and Gas Plants: Future Research Needs	267
	Plant Biotechnology for the Removal of Organic Pollutants and Toxic Metals from Wastewaters and Contaminated Sites: Phytoremediation	285
	Consideration of Plant-Based Remediation and Restoration of Contaminated Sites Containing Heavy Metals: The Canadian Experience	295
	Combined Removal of Oil, Toxic Heavy Metals and Arsenic from Polluted Soil	313
	Landfarming Framework for Sustainable Soil Bioremediation	319
	Spent Mushroom Substrate: White-Rot Fungi in Aged Creosote-Contaminated Soil	335
	Bioremediation of PCBs from Contaminated Soil	341
	Problems of Soil Renovation on Former Military Sites in Lithuania	347
	The Capacity of Agricultural Soils to Auto-Regulate Bioremediation of Olive-Mill Wastewaters	353
	Accumulation of Organic Contamination in Plant roots and the Influence of Plant Rhizosphere on Removal of PAH, TPH and Heavy Oil Fractions from Soil	359
	Perspectives of Stable Isotope Approaches in Bioremediation Research	367
	Screening of Litter Decomposing Fungi for Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH), Phenanthrene and benzo[a]pyrene	373
	Photosystem II-Based Biosensors for Phytoremediation	377
	Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Contaminated Soil with Horseredish Peroxidase and Peroxidase from White Radish Raphatus sativus	381
	Successful Challenges during the Development and Application of Innovative Processes for the Bioremediation of Soils	387
	Current State of Bioremediation in the Czech Republic	405
	Subject Index	413