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Ashok Pandey, PhD Editor Concise Encyclopedia of Bioresource Technology Pre-publication “Thisencyclopediacontains,with- REVIEWS, out a doubt, some outstanding COMMENTARIES, short reviews of topics of immediate EVALUATIONS... relevancetotheimmensefieldofbio- technology.Currentviewsonenviron- mental,food,andindustrialbiotechnol- “The broad spectrum of contribu- ogyareexposedanddiscussed.Theuse tors,mostofthemfromAfrica, ofmicroorganismsforwastewatertreat- Asia,Australia,Europe,andLatinAmer- mentisconsidered.Inaddition,exten- ica,distinguishesthisencyclopediafrom sivefermentationsystemsaredescribed similar works, giving a fresh view on manytopics.Thesectionsonenviron- forawidevarietyofusesincludingen- mentalbiotechnology,foodbiotechnol- zyme,alcohol,orsecondarymetabolite ogy, and solid substrate fermentation production.Thisbookrepresentsanat- are most valuable, since they contain tractive source of information for re- informationnotreadilyavailableinother searchersandstudentsinvolvedinthe similarpublications.” areaofbiotechnology.” RobertP.Tengerdy,PhD ChristopherAugur,PhD ProfessorEmeritus, ResearchDirector, DepartmentofMicrobiology, InstituteforResearch ColoradoStateUniversity andDevelopment,France NOTESFORPROFESSIONALLIBRARIANS ANDLIBRARYUSERS ThisisanoriginalbooktitlepublishedbyFoodProductsPress®and The Haworth Reference Press, imprints of The Haworth Press, Inc. Unlessotherwisenotedinspecificchapterswithattribution,materials inthisbookhavenotbeenpreviouslypublishedelsewhereinanyfor- matorlanguage. CONSERVATIONANDPRESERVATIONNOTES AllbookspublishedbyTheHaworthPress,Inc.anditsimprintsare printedoncertifiedpHneutral,acidfreebookgradepaper.Thispaper meetstheminimumrequirementsofAmericanNationalStandardfor Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Material, ANSIZ39.48-1984. Concise Encyclopedia of Bioresource Technology FOOD PRODUCTS PRESS® Crop Science Amarjit S. Basra, PhD Senior Editor Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Cropsedited by Amarjit S. Basra Intensive Cropping: Efficient Use of Water, Nutrients, and Tillageby S. S. Prihar, P. R. Gajri, D. K. Benbi, and V. K. Arora Physiological Bases for Maize Improvementedited by María E. Otegui and Gustavo A. Slafer Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture and Horticulture: Their Role and Commercial Uses edited by Amarjit S. Basra Crop Responses and Adaptations to Temperature Stressedited by Amarjit S. Basra Plant Viruses As Molecular Pathogensby Jawaid A. Khan and Jeanne Dijkstra In Vitro Plant Breedingby Acram Taji, Prakash P. Kumar, and Prakash Lakshmanan Crop Improvement: Challenges in the Twenty-First Centuryedited by Manjit S. Kang Barley Science: Recent Advances from Molecular Biology to Agronomy of Yield and Quality edited by Gustavo A. Slafer, José Luis Molina-Cano, Roxana Savin, José Luis Araus, and Ignacio Romagosa Tillage for Sustainable Croppingby P. R. Gajri, V. K. Arora, and S. S. Prihar Bacterial Disease Resistance in Plants: Molecular Biology and Biotechnological Applications by P. Vidhyasekaran Handbook of Formulas and Software for Plant Geneticists and Breedersedited by Manjit S. Kang Postharvest Oxidative Stress in Horticultural Cropsedited by D. M. Hodges EncyclopedicDictionaryofPlantBreedingandRelatedSubjectsbyRolfH.G.Schlegel Handbook of Processes and Modeling in the Soil-Plant Systemedited by D. K. Benbi and R. Nieder The Lowland Maya Area: Three Millennia at the Human-Wildland Interfaceedited by A. Gómez-Pompa, M. F. Allen, S. Fedick, and J. J. Jiménez-Osornio Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems, Second Editionby Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls Plant-Derived Antimycotics: Current Trends and Future Prospectsedited by Mahendra Rai and Donatella Mares Concise Encyclopedia of Temperate Tree Fruitedited by Tara Auxt Baugher and Suman Singha Landscape Agroecologyby Paul A Wojkowski Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Forest Treesedited by Sandeep Kumar and Matthias Fladung Concise Encylcopedia of Plant Pathology by P. Vidhyasekaran Testing of Genetically Modified Organisms in Foodsedited by Farid E. Ahmed Concise Encyclopedia of Bioresource Technologyedited by Ashok Pandey Agrometeorology: Principles and Applications of Climate Studies in Agricultureby Aarpal S. Mavi and Graeme J. Tupper Concise Encyclopedia of Bioresource Technology Ashok Pandey, PhD Editor Food Products Press® The Haworth Reference Press Imprints of The Haworth Press, Inc. New York • London • Oxford Published by FoodProductsPress®,TheHaworthReferencePress,imprintsofTheHaworthPress,Inc.,10Alice Street,Binghamton,NY13904-1580. ©2004byTheHaworthPress,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedor utilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,microfilm, andrecording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwriting from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. TR: 6.23.04. Cover design by Jennifer M. Gaska. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Concise encyclopedia of bioresource technology / Ashok Pandey, editor. p. cm. ISBN 1-56022-980-2 (hard : alk. paper) 1. Biotechnology—Encyclopedias. I. Pandey, Ashok. TP248.16.C65 2004 660.6'03—dc21 2003011486 CONTENTS Figures xxv Tables xxix About the Editor xxxiii Contributors xxxv Foreword il R. A. Mashelkar Preface li PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Advances in Biological Wastewater Treatment 3 Veeriah Jegatheesan C. Visvanathan R. Ben Aïm Introduction 3 Conventional Biological Wastewater Treatment 5 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 7 Nutrients in Wastewater 8 Conclusions 11 Anaerobic Animal-Waste Environments:Salmonella Species Ecology 13 Steven C. Ricke Introduction 13 SalmonellaPhysiology in the Anaerobic Waste Environment 13 SalmonellaPathogenicity in the Waste Environment 15 Conclusions 17 Biobeneficiation 19 Valentina Umrania A. D. Agate Introduction 19 Possible Mechanisms 19 The Practice 21 Conclusions 22 Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 23 Rodolfo Canet-Castello Joseph M. Lopez-Real Angus J. Beck Introduction 23 Biodegradation of PAHsby Aerobic Bacteria 24 Biodegradation of PAHsby Anaerobic Bacteria 25 Biodegradation of PAHsby Fungi 27 Biodegradation of PAHs by Algae 28 Conclusions 28 Biofiltration 31 Eldon R. Rene D. Arulneyam T. Swaminathan Introduction 31 History of Biofiltration 32 Process Description 32 Mechanism of Biofiltration 33 Microbial Aspects of Biofiltration 34 Biofilter Media 35 Characteristics of an “Ideal” Biofilter 36 Performance Parameters 37 Advantages and Disadvantages of Biofiltration 38 Commercial Application of Biofilters 39 Conclusions 39 Biological Control of Air Pollution 41 S. N. Upadhyay V. Kumar Introduction 41 Process Description 42 Process Modeling and Design 48 Operation and Maintenance 48 Conclusions 51 Biomethanogenesis 53 Dalel Singh Poonam Nigam Singh Introduction 53 Biomethanation Plants and Digestors 54 Substrates for Biogas Production 56 Microbiology of Biomethanation 58 Biochemistry of Methane Synthesis 60 Conclusions 62 Bioremediation 63 Wan Azlina Ahmad Zainul Akmar Zakaria Introduction 63 Bioremediation Methods 64 Applications of Bioremediation 66 Features of Bioremediation 68 Bioremediation—Success Stories 69 Conclusions 69 Methods for the Biological Treatment of Wastewater 71 Biological Reactors 71 P. K. Mishra B. N. Rai S. N. Upadhyay Principles of Biological Treatment 71 Reaction Kinetics 74 Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment 76 Conclusions 80 Membrane Bioreactor 82 C. Visvanathan R. Ben Aïm Introduction 82 Membrane Bioreactor Systems 83 Conclusions 91
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