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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... culture with numerous growth factors necessary for the long-term maintenance of the culture. Tissue cultures are typically incubated at 378C and under an atmosphere where the concentration of carbon dioxide is elevated to between 5 and ...
... culture, enteroviruses undergo a complete infectious cycle. Viruses infect cells in the culture, they replicate to form new virus particles and then the infected cell bursts to release new virus particles. The enteroviruses can thus ...
... culture but they are incapable of causing clinical disease in humans. The Sabin poliomyelitis vaccine, for example, exploits a live, attenuated virus to confer immunity. The control sample is put through the identical concentration ...
... culture. These will outgrow the animal cells and will thus destroy the tissue culture. If microbial growth is not contained, viruses will be unrecoverable from sewage. Dilutions of sewage material are typically made in phosphate ...
... culture quality triple-vented Petri dish. The purpose of the agar is to prevent the spread of newly released virus particles. This causes plaques to develop as discrete entities. A total of 6.5ml of the concentrated water sample is ...
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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 |