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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... methanogens Methanococcus and Methanobacterium) can use atmospheric or gaseous nitrogen for cell synthesis by a physiological process called nitrogen fixation. Some microbes require organic nitrogen compounds such as amino acids or ...
... Methanogens use CO2 as the terminal electron acceptor and produce methane in the process. Some sulphur bacteria, like Desulfovibrio, reduce sulphate to sulphide when using the former as terminal electron acceptor. Anaerobic respiration ...
... methanogenic microorganisms. 12.3. Nitrogen. fixation. and. assimilatory. nitrate. reduction. Seventy-eight per cent of air in the atmosphere is nitrogen, but it cannot be used as a nutrient source of nitrogen by most living organisms.
... methanogenic organisms. The sulphur and iron organisms are important in sewer and pipe corrosion. They are all obligate (strict) aerobes, e.g. Thiobacillus (T. thiooxidans and T. ferrooxidans) and have found wide biotechnological ...
... methanogen lithoautotrophs are of particular importance in municipal wastewater treatment systems. The nitrifiers are strict ... methanogens are obligate anaerobic organisms (oxygen is toxic to these organisms). To obtain energy they use ...
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 |