Publisher's Synopsis
A comprehensive textbook for students of environmental microbiology and toxicology, this book describes the natural microbial consortia which exist in nature or can be assembled and manipulated and used in remediation of damaged environments. Its broad coverage includes methods for measuring biodegradation, the isolation and growth of microorganisms, catabolic pathways, the ecology of organisms able to degrade xenobiotic chemicals, the molecular genetics and evolution of catabolic pathways, the biodegradation in the environment. Aimed at graduate students, it presumes some knowledge of metabolism and microbiology.
