Biodegradation and Persistence

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Beek, B. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Reactions and Processes, 2 / 2K
• Subjects: Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Environmental pollution.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.

Biodegradation is a key phenomenon among environmental processes. Low degradation rates lead to the persistance of chemicals in the environment and, as a consequence, to delayed or long-term effects, which may be even unknown by now. The persistance of these xenobiotics has become of a great public...

Table of Contents:

• W. Reineke: Aerobic and Anaerobic Biodegradation Potentials of Microorganisms
• T.N.P. Bosma/H.Harms/A.J.B. Zehnder: Biodegradation of Xenobiotics in Environment and Technosphere
• W. Pauli/K. Jax/S. Berger: Protozoa in Wastewater Treatment: Function and Importance
• J.B. Wesnigk/M. Keskin/W. Jonas/K. Figge/G. Rheinheimer: Predictability of Biodegradation on the Environment - Limits of Prediction from Experimental Data
• B. Beek/S. Böhling/ C. Franke/U. Jöhncke/G.Studinger/E. Thumm: The Assessment of Biodegradation and Persistence.