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  title info:
    title: Microbes at Work
    sub title: From Wastes to Resources
  name:
    name part: Insam, Heribert.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Franke-Whittle, Ingrid.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Goberna, Marta.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VIII, 329 p. online resource.
  abstract: Among the goals of environmentally sound waste treatment is the recycling of organic wastes. The most practiced options are composting and anaerobic digestion, both processes being carried out by microorganisms. This book provides an overview of the various ways microbes are doing their job and gives the reader an impression of their potential. The sixteen chapters of this book summarize the advantages and disadvantages of treatment processes, whether they are aerobic like composting or work without oxygen like anaerobic digestion for biogas (methane) production. These chapters show the potential of microorganisms to create valuable resources from otherwise wasted materials. These resources include profitable organic, humus-like soil conditioners or fertilizer components which are often suppressive to plant diseases. Composts may thus improve soil carbon sequestration, or support sustainable agriculture by reducing the need for mineral fertilizers or pesticides. If anaerobic digestion is used, the biogas produced may replace fossil fuels. Thus, proper biological waste treatment with the help of microorganisms should contribute to a reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas production.
  table of contents: Microbes in Aerobic and Anaerobic Waste Treatment -- Recent Developments in Bio-Energy Recovery Through Fermentation -- Syntrophic Communities in Methane Formation from High Strength Wastewaters -- Biogas Technology – Controlled Gas Flow for Enhanced Mixing, Heating, and Desulfurization -- Vermicomposting: Earthworms Enhance the Work of Microbes -- Compost Microbial Activity Related to Compost Stability -- Utility of Molecular Tools in Monitoring Large Scale Composting -- Production and Utilization of Suppressive Compost: Environmental, Food and Health Benefits -- Sanitation by Composting -- Microbial Antagonists in Animal Health Promotion and Plant Protection -- Interactions Between Beneficial and Harmful Microorganisms: From the Composting Process to Compost Application -- Compost Microbial Populations and Interactions with Plants -- Soil Degradation and Rehabilitation: Microorganisms and Functionality -- Do Composts Affect the Soil Microbial Community? -- Production and Application of Bioorganic Fertilizers for Organic Farming Systems in Thailand: A Case Study -- Challenges, Options and Future Research Needs.
  note: edited by Heribert Insam, Ingrid Franke-Whittle, Marta Goberna.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Microbiology
  subject:
    topic: Waste management
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Microbiology
  subject:
    topic: Waste Management/Waste Technology
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  classification: QR1-502
  classification: 579
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783642040436
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04043-6
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    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151103132400.0
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