Environmental Biotechnology

✍ Scribed by Volodymyr Ivanov PhD, Yung-Tse Hung PhD, PE, DEE (auth.), Lawrence K. Wang, Volodymyr Ivanov, Joo-Hwa Tay (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 989
• Series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering 10
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Volume 10: Environmental Biotechnology in the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series presents the theories and principles of various environmental biotechnologies. This outstanding collection of science information is designed as a basic Environmental Biotechnology textbook as well as a reference book for scientists, researchers, educators, and engineers. The book’s expert panel of authors provides an introduction at a wide range of topics, including sanitary microbiology, microbial systematics, ecology, microbial metabolism, life support systems, solid-state processes and reactors, value-added biotechnology products, anaerobic processes, membrane bioreactors, space life support systems, biospherics, natural environmental systems, aerobic and anoxic biotechnologies, sequencing batch reactors, and flotation biological systems. Volume 10: Environmental Biotechnology and its sister book – Volume 11: Environmental Bioengineering – are indispensable as both basic biotechnology textbooks and comprehensive reference books for all environmentalists. Another gold-standard addition to The Humana Press series, Volume 10: Environmental Biotechnology gives readers a cutting-edge illustration of the theories and principles of biotechnologies, systems, processes, and methodologies.

• Coverage of basic and advanced environmental biotechnologies, systems, methodologies, and processes.
• Emphasis on detailed descriptions, introductions, theories, principles, classifications, and mechanisms of microbiology, ecology, life support systems, and biological processes.
• Reference of practical use to scientists, researchers, educators and engineers.

Contents

Environmental biotechnology, microbiology, microbial systematics, ecology, metabolism, life support systems, solid-state processes and reactors, value-added biotechnology products, anaerobic suspended biological processes, membrane bioreactors, closed ecological systems, space life support systems, biospherics, natural environmental biotechnologies, aerobic processes, anoxic processes, suspended-growth processed, attached-growth processes, and flotation biological systems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Applications of Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 1-17
Microbiology of Environmental Engineering Systems....Pages 19-79
Microbial Systematics....Pages 81-120
Microbial Ecology....Pages 121-191
Microbial Metabolism: Importance for Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 193-255
Microbial Ecology of Isolated Life Support Systems....Pages 257-286
Environmental Solid-State Cultivation Processes and Bioreactors....Pages 287-342
Value-Added Biotechnological Products from Organic Wastes....Pages 343-394
Anaerobic Digestion in Suspended Growth Bioreactors....Pages 395-438
Selection and Design of Membrane Bioreactors in Environmental Bioengineering....Pages 439-516
Closed Ecological Systems, Space Life Support and Biospherics....Pages 517-565
Natural Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 567-622
Aerobic and Anoxic Suspended-Growth Biotechnologies....Pages 623-670
Aerobic and Anaerobic Attached Growth Biotechnologies....Pages 671-720
Sequencing Batch Reactor Technology....Pages 721-747
Flotation Biological Systems....Pages 749-781
A/O Phosphorus Removal Biotechnology....Pages 783-814
Treatment of Septage and Biosolids from Biological Processes....Pages 815-853
Environmental Control of Biotechnology Industry....Pages 855-914
Back Matter....Pages 915-975

✦ Subjects

Biotechnology; Environment, general; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology