Perspectives in Bioremediation: Technologies for Environmental Improvement (1997) (NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3 #19)
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- Synopsis
- Bioremediation - the use of microorganisms for environmental clean-up - is a technology that is experiencing a rapid phase of development. From the opening chapter of Perspectives in Bioremediation, on the nature of environmental site assessment, on to the genetic manipulation of native soil microorganisms, the international collection of authors provide an understanding of the current progress and limitations of technologies that are designed to help nature herself. The book draws together many different aspects of environmental remediation: the environmental engineer is introduced to the bacteria of contaminated environments and the ideas developing from genetic engineering; the environmental microbiologist can grasp site assessment and the predictive kinetic analysis of potentials. The book provides a clear and concise introduction to the nature of and potential for bioremediation to contribute to a critical global effort in eliminating contamination of the world's resources and to start to reverse decades of environmental mismanagement and neglect.
- Copyright:
- 1997
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9789401156844
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780792343394
- Publisher:
- Springer Netherlands
- Date of Addition:
- 08/06/22
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- J.R. Wild
- Edited by:
- S.D. Varfolomeyev
- Edited by:
- A. Scozzafava
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