Proceedings of a Conference held in Knoxville, Tennessee, April 14-17 1996
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Challenges and Opportunities in the Area of Environmental Biotechnology.- Advances in Sustainable Biotechnology.- 2. Green Technology Trends: The Changing Context of the Environmental Technology Industry.- 3. Green Chemistry: Using Enzymes as Benign Substitutes for Synthetic Chemicals and Harsh Conditions in Industrial Processes.- 4. Fungal Degradation of Azo Dyes and Its Relationship to Their Structure.- 5. Engineering Enzymes and Microorganisms for the Transformation of Synthetic Compounds.- The State-of-the-Science in Environmental Biotechnology and Remediation.- 6. Phytoremediation Applications for Removing Heavy Metal Contamination from Soil and Water.- 7. The Role of Microbial PCB Dechlorination in Natural Restoration and Bioremediation.- 8. An Integrated Treatment System for Polychlorinated Biphenyls Remediation.- 9. Ten Years of Research in Groundwater Transport Studies at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.- 10. Bioaugmentation of TCE-Contaminated Soil with Inducer-Free Microbes.- 11. Is Bioremediation a Viable Option for Contaminated Site Treatment? Integrated Risk Management a Scientific Approach to a Practical Question.- 12. Monitoring the Population Dynamics of Biodegradable Consortia during Bioremediation.- 13. Biological Treatment of Air Pollutants.- Environmental Biotechnology at Home and Abroad.- 14. Environmental Biotechnology Issues in the Federal Government.- 15. Environmental Biotechnology Issues in Russia.- 16. Sustainable Development and Responding to the Challenges of the Evolution of Environmental Biotechnology in Canada: The First Fifteen Years (1981 1996).- 17. Environmental Biotechnologies in Mexico: Potential and Constraints for Development and Diffusion.- 18. Environmental Biotechnology: The Japan Perspective.- EnvironmentalMonitoring, Risk Analysis, and Applications to Bioremediation.- 19. Environmentally Acceptable Endpoints: The Scientific Approach to Clean-up Levels.- 20. Environmental Risk Assessments and the Need to Cost-Effectively Reduce Uncertainty.- 21. Accurately Assessing Biodegradation and Fate: A First Step in Pollution Prevention.- 22. Modeling to Predict Biodegradability: Applications in Risk Assessment and Chemical Design.- 23. Analytical Microsystems: Emerging Technologies for Environmental Biomonitoring.- 24. Bioreporters and Biosensors for Environmental Analysis.- 25. Risk Assessment for a Recombinant Biosensor.- 26. Risk-Related Issues Affecting Bioimplementation.- 27. Bioremediation: The Green Thumb in Brownfields Management.- Advances in Wastewater Treatment Technology.- 28. Biotreatability Kinetics: A Critical Component in the Scale-up of Wastewater Treatment Systems.- 29. Molecular Analysis and Control of Activated Sludge.- 30. Anaerobic Biotechnology for Sustainable Waste Treatment.- 31. Advances in Biological Nutrient Removal from Wastewater.- Summary.- 32. Biotechnology in the Sustainable Environment: A Review.- Index 385.
