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Summary
Summary
In this book, editor G Rasul Chaudhry presents a wide range of topics authored by researchers at the cutting edge of biodegradation and bioremediation. The book includes recent research describing how microorganisms clean soil and water, and how they remove toxic substances. It also presents information on how genetics and molecular biological methods are used to improve the ability of microorganisms to degrade a variety of substances.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Neither timeless nor timely, this compendium of 23 review chapters will be of use to graduate students and teachers of bioremediation wishing access to areas outside their own. (Martin Alexander's recent Biodegradation and Bioremediation, CH, Nov'94, is much more accessible to undergraduates.) Well produced with a reasonable number of figures and tables, the book is designed to last. Unfortunately for a fast moving field, most of the authors completed their writing in 1990 or 1991; for literature of the past four years one must go to other sources. At about 20 pages each, with between 35 and 257 references per chapter, depth of coverage and degree of specialization vary. All chapters are well written. Not a handbook or manual, the work is strictly a review of fundamental processes. Very few engineering concepts are discussed, and no field applications are treated in depth. Subject areas include regulation and genetics of microorganisms; degradation of aromatics, chlorinated aliphatics and aromatics, some pesticides and herbicides, lignin and lignocellulose; coal desulfuration; and reduction of chromate. Graduate through professional. L. C. Davis; Kansas State University
