Leading-Edge Environmental Biodegradation Research

By: Lyman E Pawley (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 January 2008

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This new book is devoted to leading-edge research on environmental biodegradation which is the destruction of organic compounds by microorganisms. Microorganisms, particularly bacteria, are responsible for the decomposition of both natural and synthetic organic compounds in nature. Mineralisation results in complete conversion of a compound to its inorganic mineral constituents (for example, carbon dioxide from carbon, sulphate or sulphide from organic sulphur, nitrate or ammonium from organic nitrogen, phosphate from organophosphates, or chloride from organochlorine). Since carbon comprises the greatest mass of organic compounds, mineralisation can be considered in terms of CO2 evolution. Radioactive carbon-14 (14C) isotopes enable scientists to distinguish between mineralisation arising from contaminants and soil organic matter. However, mineralization of any compound is never 100% because some of it (10-40% of the total amount degraded) is incorporated into the cell mass or products that become part of the amorphous soil organic matter, commonly referred to as humus. Thus, biodegradation comprises mineralisation and conversion to innocuous products, namely biomass and humus. Primary biodegradation is more limited in scope and refers to the disappearance of the compound as a result of its biotransformation to another product. Compounds that are readily biodegradable are generally utilised as growth substrates by single microorganisms. Many of the components of petroleum products (and frequent ground-water contaminants), such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, are utilised by many genera of bacteria as sole carbon sources for growth and energy.

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Biochemistry Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Waste Management Engineering & Technology Environmental Science Pollution Control Sanitary & Municipal Engineering Waste Treatment & Disposal

Short Communication
Biodegradation and Feasibility of Simple Chitosan Sheet as Drug Delivery Carrier	p. 1
Research and Review Articles
Modern Trends in Application of Immobilized Cells for Environmental Bioremediation	p. 11
Biodegradation of Selected Emerging Organic Contaminants in the Environment-an Overview	p. 53
Bioremediation of Diesel Fuel-Contaminated Soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile	p. 95
Recent Advancements in Microbial Biodegradation of Dioxins	p. 131
Algal-based Photobioreactors: A New Technology Platform for Resource-efficient Pollution Control?	p. 167
Microorganisms Bioprospection: A New Tendency in Microbial Ecology	p. 199
Lignocellulolytic Microorganisms from a Composting Habitat: Current and Future Prospects	p. 223
The Pig Hair Hydrolysis: An Alternative to Landfilling	p. 249
Biodegradation Mechanisms in Fungal Decolorization of Dyes	p. 275
New Trends in Assessment of Compostability of Biodegradable Polymeric Packages	p. 297
Chlorine in the Forest Ecosystem (A Radiotracer Study)	p. 317
Index	p. 333
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