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Environmental Biotechnology

Reducing Risks from Environmental Chemicals through Biotechnology

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Gilbert S. Omenn

    1. University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences (BLSC, volume 45)

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Table of contents (67 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Microbial Ecology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Ecology of an Anaerobic Dechlorinating Consortium

      • James M. Tiedje, Todd O. Stevens
      Pages 3-14

    3. Performance of Biodegradative Microorganisms in Soil: Xenobiotic Chemicals as Unexploited Metabolic Niches

      • Dennis D. Focht
      Pages 15-29

    4. Tracking Microorganisms and Genes in the Environment

      • Ronald M. Atlas, Gary S. Sayler
      Pages 31-45

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 47-57
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  4. Relevant Advances in Molecular Biology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Prospects for Laboratory Engineering of Bacteria to Degrade Pollutants

      • K. N. Timmis, F. Rojo, J. L. Ramos
      Pages 61-79

    3. Constructing Microbial Strains for Degradation of Halogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbons

      • Peter J. Chapman
      Pages 81-95

    4. Stable Inheritance of Bacterial Plasmids: Practical Considerations in the Release of Organisms into the Environment

      • Stanley N. Cohen, Christine A. Miller, Serge Beaucage, Donald P. Biek
      Pages 97-104

    5. Biotransformations of Mercury Compounds

      • Anne O. Summers
      Pages 105-109

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 111-117
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  6. Minimizing Risks of Release of Microorganisms into the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Using Knowledge of Virulence Factors to Select or Design Organisms with Low Risk of Pathogenicity

      • Stanley Falkow
      Pages 121-126

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 127-139
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  8. Applications to Chemical and Environmental Targets, Combining Microbial and Engineering Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Bioengineering Issues Related to in Situ Remediation of Contaminated Soils and Groundwater

      • Perry L. McCarty
      Pages 143-162

    3. Bioremediation of Chemical Spills

      • Gaylen R. Brubaker, Jurgen H. Exner
      Pages 163-171

    4. Microbiological Cleanup of Groundwater Contaminated by Pentachlorophenol

      • Thomas D. Frick, Ronald L. Crawford, Michael Martinson, Tom Chresand, George Bateson
      Pages 173-191

    5. Remediation of Multimedia Contamination from the Wood-Preserving Industry

      • A. Dale Pflug, M. Boyd Burton
      Pages 193-201
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About this book

Gilbert S. Omenn Dean, School of Public Health and Community Medicine University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195 On behalf of the University of Washington , the City of Seattle, the Steering Committee, and the sponsoring agencies, corporations, and organ­ izations, I welcome you. \Ve all expect this Conference to stimulate further what is becoming an important application of biotechnology in an area in which our society experiences considerable frustration and gloom: the management of hazardous wastes. It is an all-too-frequent refrain that technology has its benefits and its risks. To many--in the lay pUblic, at least--the damaging notion has taken hold that we are capable of creating problems but are less capable of finding solutions. Chemical streams from industry, agriculture, municipal operations, and household operations have contaminated groundwater, drinking water, and soils, and have undermined the productivity of agri­ culture and the quality of life. In the meantime, however, we have im­ proved our quality of life in immeasurable ways through some related developments. The challenge is to continue the enhancements while modifying or preventing the damage.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Gilbert S. Omenn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental Biotechnology

  • Book Subtitle: Reducing Risks from Environmental Chemicals through Biotechnology

  • Editors: Gilbert S. Omenn

  • Series Title: Basic Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0824-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42984-2Published: 01 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0826-1Published: 16 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0824-7Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 506

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general

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