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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND BIODIAGNOSTICS OF HAZARDOUS CONTAMINANTS Environmental Monitoring and Biodiagnostics of Hazardous Contaminants Edited by Michael Healy Department of Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland Donald L. Wise Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, U.S.A. and Murray Moo-Young Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Oata ISBN 978-90-481-5674-0 ISBN 978-94-017-1445-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-1445-7 Printed оп acid-free paper АН Rights Reserved © 2001 Springer Science+Business Media Oordrecht OriginaHy published Ьу Кluwer Academic Publishers in 2001 No part of the material protected Ьу this copyright notice mау Ье reproduced or uti!ized in апу form or Ьу апу means, e!ectronic or mechanica!, including photocopying, recording or Ьу апу information storage and retrieva! system, without written permission from the copyright owner. Table of Contents List of Contributors IX l. Bioaccumulation of yttrium: A Microbial Model for the Management of Nuclear Wastes Vasu D. Appanna, Emmanuel Pankar and Robert Hamel 1 2. The Removal of Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Bone Char Sorption C. W. Cheung, G. McKay and J.F Porter 11 3. Fermentation Parameters in Solid State Fermentation of Streptomyces sp. Cultured on Chitin Colin A.B. Davidson and John F Pederby 27 4. Characterizing the Role of Bacteria and Bacterial Activities in the Emulsification and Degradation ofTriglycerides M Ewell, J.s. Hind, J. Jones-Meehan and W.R. Jones 41 5. The Influence of Pseudomonas putida CP 1 on the Degradation of Mono-Chlorophenols by a Mixed Microbial Population Alan Farrell and Brid Quilty 55 6. The Use of Immobilised Rhizopus oryzae as a Biosorbent for Reactive Dye and Metal Ions Kevin A. Gallagher, S.J. Allen and M G. Healy 71 7. The Deterioration of Biodegradable Plastic Films and Fishing Lines by Microorganisms in Soil, Sewage, and Sea Water Takashi Ishida and Hirozo Ichigo 79 8. Broad Spectrum Decolorizing Bacterial Strains and Their Functional Plasm ids Haoran Jian, Wung-wai Tso, Man-yin Wong Tso, Xuesong Zhang, Meiying Xu, Suier Deng and Guo-ping Sun 97 9. Degradative Potential of Microorganisms from DDT-Contaminated Soils Albert L. Juhasz and Ravendra Naidu 105 v VI TABLE OF CONTENTS 10. Estimation of Nitrogen Requirement in Peat and Perlite Biofilters Removing Hexane from Air 0. Kibazohi, W.A. Anderson and M Moo-Young 117 11. The Production of Various Adsorbents from Lignite, and the Thermal Conductivity of the Optimum Adsorbent under Methane at Low Pressures S. C. McCarroll, P.L. Spedding and S.J. Allen 129 12. Ion-Exchange Removal of Ammonium Ions from Secondary Treatment Wastewaters and Dilute Solutions Using Clinoptilolite R.J. Mc Veigh and L.R. Weatherley 143 13. Characteristics and Mechanisms of Mercury Resistance of the Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from Mercury Polluted Sea Bottom Sediment Masaru Narita and Ginro Endo 155 14. Photocatalysis for Pretreatment of Metal-Containing Samples and for Removing Metals from the Waste An-Lac Nguyen, John H. Luong and Abdelkader Hilmi 167 15. Molecular Genetics of Bacterial Polyphosphate Accumulation to Better Understand the Mechanism Underlying Biological Phosphorus Removal H. Ohtake, A. Kuroda, M Chandrasekaran, H. Wu, S. Tanaka, T. Morohoshi, J. Kato, T. Ikeda and N. Takiguchi 181 16. The Influence of Environmental Conditions on the Ability of a Mixed Microbial Population to Degrade 4-Chlorophenol Marianne 0 'Sullivan and Brid Quilty 197 17. Immobilised Enzymes: Characterisation and Functional Meaning in Soil Amendments of Organic Wastes J.A. Pascual, T. Hernandez, C. Garcia and J. Lynch 213 18. Biocontrol of Cellulose Wastes Pollution Using Immobilized Fungi on Complex Polyhydrogels M Petre, G. Zarnea, P. Adrian, E. Gheorghiu and M Sularia 227 19. Seasonal Variations in Spectral Reflectance of Microbial Flocculates, Precipitates, and Oil-Like Films Associated with Neutral and Acidic Mine Drainage TABLE OF CONTENTS vii Eleanora 1. Robbins, John E. Anderson, Melvin H Podwysocki and Gordon L. Nord, Jr. 243 20. Evaluation of Ecotoxicological Effects of Diaryl Ethers on Green Algae Sarah J. Todd, Ronald B. Cain and Stefan Schmidt 267 21. Effects of Culture Temperature on the Quality of Compost during Curing Stage Pyong Kyun Shin and Hee Kyung Bae 279 22. Remediation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Solvents Simone N Mol, Dongmei Wang, Felicity A. Roddick and Bruce N Anderson 291 23. Microbiological and Chemical Methods for Decolorization of Molasses-Derived Alcohol Distillery Effluent ML. Paje, CG. Alfafara, v,P. Migo, J.P. Magbanua, MP. Yabes and E. C Bugante 305 24. A Robust Model for Wastewater Treatment in Sequencing Batch Reactors W.A. Al-Masry and A.E. Abasaeed 315 25. Primary Treatment Options for Fish Processing Effluent in Ireland: Pilot Scale Trials of Physicochemical and Biological Treatments R. Elaine Dick, Joel A.E. Ferguson, Ann-Maria Duddy and David Kiely 327 List of Contributors Abasaeed, A.E., Chemical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia Adrian, P., National Institute of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Research, Calea Vitan 112, sector 3, Bucharest 75593, Romania Alfafara, e.G., National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Uni versity of the Philippines Los Banos College, Laguna 4031, Philippines Allen, S.l, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Bel fast, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, U.K. AI-Masry, W.A., Chemical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia Anderson, B.N., Department of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia Anderson, J.E., College of William and Mary, School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, U.S.A. Anderson, W.A., Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G 1 Appanna, V.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian Univer sity, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Bae, H.K., Water Environment Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 130-650, P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea Bugante, E.C., National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Uni versity of the Philippines Los Banos College, Laguna 4031, Philippines Cain, R.B., Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, Kings Walk, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NEl 7RU, U.K. Chandrasekaran, M., Center for Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682022, India ix x LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Cheung, c.w., Department of Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, S.A.R. Davidson, c.A.B., Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 I QT, U.K. Deng, S., Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, P.R. China Dick, R.E., Department of Chemical Engineering/QUESTOR Centre, The Queen's University of Belfast, David Keir Building, Belfast BT9 SAG, Northern Ireland, U.K. Duddy, A.-M., Department of Environmental Science, Sligo Institute of Techno logy, Ballinode, Sligo, Republic of Ireland Endo, G., Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku Gakuin University, Tagajo, Miyaga 985- 8537, Japan Ewell, M., Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechno logy Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, U.S.A. Farrell, A., School of Biological Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland Ferguson, J.A.E., Department ofChemistry/QUESTOR Centre, The Queen's Uni versity of Belfast, David Keir Building, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, U.K. Gallagher, K.A., 15 Briar Hill, Greysteel, Co. Derry, Northern Ireland BT47 3DE, U.K. Garcia, C., Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Organic Wastes Management, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS CSIC), P.O. Box 4195,30080 Murcia, Spain Gheorghiu, E., National Institute of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Research, Calea Vitan 112, sector 3, Bucharest 75593, Romania Hamel, R., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 Healy, M.G., Department of Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 SAG, Northern Ireland, U.K. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xi Hernandez, T., Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Organic Wastes Management, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segera (CEBAS CSIC), P.O. Box 4195, 30080 Murcia, Spain Hilmi, A, Biotechnology Research Institute, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, Canada Hind, J.S., Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechno logy Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, U.S.A Ichigo, H., Hiroshima Municipal Industrial Technology Center, Sendamachi 3-8- 24, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0052, Japan Ikeda, T., Department of Fermentation Technology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan Ishida, T., Department of Environmental Sciences, Hiroshima Institute of Techno logy, Miyake 2-1-1, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima 731-5193, Japan Jian, H., Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, P.R. China Jones, W.R., Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechno logy Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, U.S.A Jones-Meehan, 1., Naval Research Laboratory, Environmental Quality Sciences Section, Washington, DC 20735-5348, U.S.A Juhasz, AL., CSIRO, Land and Water, Private Bag No.2, Glen Osmond, Adelaide, S.A 5064, Australia Kato, J., Department of Fermentation Technology, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan Kibazohi, 0., Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo Wa terloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G 1 Kiely, D., Jennings O'Donovan & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Finisklin, Sligo, Republic of Ireland Kuroda, A, Department of Fermentation Technology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan Luong, J.H., Biotechnology Research Institute, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, Canada XlI LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Lynch, 1., School of Biological Science, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH Surrey, United Kingdom Magbanua, J.P., National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Uni versity of the Philippines Los Banos College, Laguna 4031, Philippines McCarroll, S.C., Department of Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, U.K. McKay, G., Department of Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, S.A.R. Mc Veigh, R.J., Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Ringaskiddy, County Cork, Ireland Migo, v.P., National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Los Banos College, Laguna 4031, Philippines Mol, S.N., Department of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, RMIT Univer sity, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia Moo-Young, M., Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G 1 Morohoshi, T., Department of Fermentation Technology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan Naidu, R., CSIRO, Land and Water, Private Bag No.2, Glen Osmond, Adelaide, S.A. 5064, Australia Narita, M., Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku Gakuin University, Tagajo, Miyaga 985-8537, Japan Nguyen, A.-L., Biotechnology Research Institute, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, Canada Nord, Jr., G.L., U.S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, U.S.A. Ohtake, H., Department of Fermentation Technology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan O'Sullivan, M., School of Biological Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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