Handbook of Water and Wastewater MicrobiologyDuncan Mara, Nigel J. Horan "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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... effect. This means that their combined activity is greater than the additive action of each drug. Care must be employed when using antimicrobial supplements in tissue culture media. They may have an adverse effect on the growth of the ...
... effects of either toxicity or eutrophication on the composition of fungal communities understood. For example, Bermingham (1996) has observed aquatic hyphomycete communities in a river subject to contamination by heavy metals. An effect ...
... effect of oxidative over substrate phosphorylation implies that the EDC or Th.COD will provide a good estimate of the energy that will become available to the organism. This dominating effect of oxidative phosphorylation is also the ...
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Contents
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 |