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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... pollution. 4 GROWTH FACTORS Some microorganisms have good synthetic capability and thus can grow in a medium containing just a few dissolved salts. The simpler the cultural medium to support growth of a species of microbe, the more ...
... polluted waters, is not a facultative anaerobe. The aero-aquatic hyphomycetes mentioned earlier are capable of surviving ... Pollution and global environmental change Wainwright and Gadd (1997) have reviewed the effects of industrial ...
... pollution. These bacteria are ubiquitous and numerous in the faeces of healthy people. The most widely used indicator has been the faecal coliform Escherichia coli, but faecal enterococci are also used as indicators (see Chapter 7) ...
... pollution. REFERENCES Bentley, D.W., Nichols, R., Condon, R.E. and Gorbach, S.L. (1972). The microflora of the human ileum and intraabdominal colon: Results of direct needle aspiration at surgery and evaluation of the technique. Journal ...
... pollution. The American Society for Microbiology has recently declared that 'Microbial pollution of water in the United States is a growing crisis in environmental and public health' (ASM, 1999). The role of faecal indicator organisms ...
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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 |