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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... nutrient substances need to be metabolized. Metabolism refers to the totality of organized biochemical activities ... nutrients absorbed by the cell as the source of energy in a process called catabolism, which is the reverse of ...
... nutrients: carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. Such compounds provide energy for cell growth and serve as building blocks of cell material. Microorganisms that use organic compounds as their major carbon source are called heterotrophs ...
... nutrient compound often satisfies all these requirements. Animals, most bacteria, fungi, and protozoa are chemoheterotrophs. Photo-organotrophic heterotrophs are also called in short photoheterotrophs. The purple and green nonsulphur ...
... nutrients may result in a new compound that contains a high-energy phosphate bond. Such rearrangements can occur when cells dissimilate nutrients. The phosphate group involved in the high-energy phosphate bond then can be transferred ...
... nutrients into the cell, secretion of proteins out of the cell, and reversed electron transport. Any agent that allows ... nutrient accumulation and motility. The proton motive force is usually generated by one of the two main mechanisms ...
Sommario
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 |