Handbook of Water and Wastewater MicrobiologyDuncan Mara, Nigel J. Horan Elsevier, 7 ago 2003 - 832 pagine "Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right" --Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General Edited by two world-renowned scientists in the field, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology provides a definitive and comprehensive coverage of water and wastewater microbiology. With contributions from experts from around the world, this book gives a global perspective on the important issues faced in the provision of safe drinking water, the problems of dealing with aquatic pollution and the processes involved in wastewater management. Starting with an introductory chapter of basic microbiological principles, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology develops these principles further, ensuring that this is the essential text for process engineers with little microbiological experience and specialist microbiologists alike.
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... Table 1.2. Photolithotrophic autotrophs are also called photoautotrophs. The cyanobacteria, algae and green plants ... TABLE 1.2 Nutritional types of microbes and other organisms TABLE 1.3 Functions of some vitamins in the growth of.
... Table 1.4 lists some high energy-transfer compounds with their standard free-energy values upon hydrolysis. Each of them can transfer its energy of hydrolysis directly or indirectly to ATP synthesis, as in the following example: 1;3 ...
... TABLE 3.2 Principal waterborne diseases and the associated pathogenic bacteria. Bacteria. Ed. Schroeder. and. Stefan. Wuertz. 1 INTRODUCTION Bacteria are indeed the lowest, or at least the simplest, form of life. Their prokaryotic cell ...
... Table 3.3, which contains incidence and death data for 1999. The total reported cases of cholera in 1999 were 254310 with 9175 deaths. Of these, five cases were in Australia and New Zealand and 16 were in Europe. Note that 81% of the ...
... (Table 4.1). 2.2. Sarcodina. –. the. amoebae. The Sarcodina possess pseudopodial structures that are used for movement and also for feeding, by means of protoplasmic flow. They demonstrate considerable diversity in that some of them lack any ...
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Part 2 Water and Excreta Related Diseases | 175 |
Part 3 Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment | 315 |
Part 4 Drinking Water Microbiology | 611 |
Useful Websites | 794 |
Index | 797 |