Microbial biotechnology : energy and environment

Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 11
Foreword......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 14
About the Editor......Page 15
1. Emerging Trends in Microbial Biotechnology: Energy and Environment......Page 16
2. The Microbiology of Microbial Electric Systems......Page 31
3. A Comparative Assessment of Bioelectrochemical Systems and Enzymatic Fuel Cells......Page 54
4. Electrical Energy from Microorganisms......Page 73
5. Rumen Microbial Fuel Cells......Page 93
6. Systems Microbiology Approach to Bioenergy......Page 112
7. Nanotechnology and Bioenergy: Innovations and Applications......Page 127
8. Host Engineering for Biofuel-Tolerant Phenotypes......Page 163
9. Microbial Fuel Cells: Electricity Generation from Organic Wastes by Microbes......Page 177
10. Integration of Anaerobic Digestion and Oil Accumulation: Bioenergy Production and Pollutants Removal......Page 205
11. Biohydrogen Generation Through Solid Phase Anaerobic Digestion from Organic Solid Waste......Page 222
12. Algae – A Novel Biomass Feedstock for Biofuels......Page 239
13. Biofuel from Microalgae: Myth versus Reality......Page 255
14. Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Soils......Page 265
15. Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)......Page 294
16. The Role of Biological Control in the Creation of Bioremediation Technologies......Page 312
17. Bioremediation of Uranium, Transuranic Waste and Fission Products......Page 325
18. Uranium Bioremediation: Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Advances......Page 364
19. Going Extreme for Small Solutions to Big Environmental Challenges......Page 378
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