Global Environmental Biotechnology: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the International Society for Environmental Biotechnology

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Metal bioaccumulation by Pseudomonas : a way to bioremediation....Pages 3-7
Detection of heavy metal ion resistance genes in lead-resistant bacteria....Pages 9-25
Stress responses of three Pseudomonas species and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia to heat and selected pollutants....Pages 27-40
Use of a luminescent bacterial biosensor for biomonitoring and characterisation of arsenic toxicity of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)....Pages 41-49
Genetic engineering and its potential for mercury(II) bioremediation....Pages 51-59
Siderophore alcaligin E production by Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34: features of the ale -operon and application perspectives of alcaligin E for leaching of heavy metals....Pages 61-73
Bacterial sulfate reduction treatment of mining-related wastewaters: pilot plant results....Pages 75-81
Study of cadmium uptake and accumulation in Lactobacillus plantarum and Escherichia coli ....Pages 83-92
Biosorption and desorption studies of chromium(III) by free and immobilised rhizobium (BJVr 12) cells....Pages 93-104
The interactive effect of environmental carcinogens namely Cd and Ni on rat DNA....Pages 105-109
Adsorption and uptake of nickel by Chlamydomonas acidophilus ....Pages 111-123
A molecular approach to understanding aluminum tolerance in soybean ( Glycine max L.)....Pages 125-138
Biosorption of heavy metals by Aspergillus niger ....Pages 139-156
Biosorption of copper by living Phanerochaete chrysosporium mycelium....Pages 157-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Codigestion of olive oil mill wastewaters together with manure, household waste or sewage sludge....Pages 173-180
Controlled release of herbicides from biodegradable matrices....Pages 181-197
Accelerated coffee pulp composting....Pages 199-209
Fungal biomass estimation in batch solid substrate cultivation using asymptotic observation....Pages 211-220
Multivariable model predictive control of a solid substrate pilot bioreactor: A simulation study....Pages 221-232
An aseptic pilot bioreactor for solid substrate cultivation processes....Pages 233-243
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Treatment of wastewater from a multi-product food processing company, in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors: The effect of seasonal variation....Pages 245-252
Analysis of immobilised cell bioreactors for desulfurisation of flue gases and sulfite/sulfate laden wastewater....Pages 253-266
Sensor technology applied to the environment....Pages 267-282
The effects of increasing the concentration and distribution of a synthetic wastewater to a modified bench scale rotating biological contactor....Pages 283-299
Solid substrate fermentation of agroresidues for value added products: the Malaysian experience....Pages 301-305
Treatment of oily soil with microbes in the laboratory....Pages 307-310
The treatment of cumene hydroperoxide containing wastewaters....Pages 311-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Risk assessment at a JP-4 contamination site after active remediation....Pages 321-339
Detection of bacterial DNA sequences via oligonucleotidebased biosensors....Pages 341-345
Expectations for commercial adoption of new heavy metal bioremediation technologies....Pages 347-354
Preliminary respirometer studies for the bioremediation of PAH contaminated soils....Pages 355-364
Innovative bioremediation technologies: The DOD/AATDF contribution....Pages 365-376
Bench scale investigations of the effects of biosurfactants on the bioavailability of hydrocarbon contaminants....Pages 377-387
Accumulation of catechol by a wild-type strain of Rhodococcus from benzene....Pages 389-400
Anaerobic degradation and production of alkane/alkene by a new facultative chemoautotrophic bacterium strain HD-1....Pages 401-414
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
Gas-phase methyl ethyl ketone biodegradation in a tubular biofilm reactor: microbiological and bioreactor aspects....Pages 417-436
Introduction and PCR detection of Desulfomonile tiedjei in soil slurry microcosms....Pages 437-449
Enhancement of the biodegradability of wastewater containing recalcitrant or inhibitory chemical compounds by photocatalytic pre-oxidation....Pages 451-461
Anaerobic bioremediation of explosives-contaminated soil: a laboratory study....Pages 463-474
Evaluation of high molecular weight PAH degradation by a pyrene-enriched microbial community in inoculated soils....Pages 475-487
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
Application of bioreactors for bioremediation....Pages 489-504
Biodegradation pathway of atrazine in soil of northern Israel....Pages 505-512
Kinetics and population dynamics during biodegradation of phenol by a binary mixed culture....Pages 513-517
‘Soft’ remediation strategies: examples for activation of microbiological self-cleaning potencies in contaminated water, sediment and soil....Pages 519-535
Rapid detection of the phenol-carboxylating strain 6, an anaerobic gram-positive bacterium, in soil by PCR....Pages 537-544
The application of nitrate as an alternative electron acceptor for the remediation of contaminated sites....Pages 545-549
Biofortified farming systems for sustainable agriculture and improved environment....Pages 551-558
Rapid bioassessment of intermittent streams in the Upper Brazos River watershed....Pages 559-565
Potentialities of nitrophenols-degrading microorganisms....Pages 567-571
Comparative competitiveness of strains degrading xenobiotics and microorganisms from various ecosystems....Pages 573-584
Isolation and characterisation of a new lipopeptide biosurfactant produced by Arthrobacter sp. MIS38....Pages 585-596
Respirometric protocol to evaluate acute microbial inhibition in activated sludge....Pages 597-610