Global Environmental Biotechnology : Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the International Society for Environmental Biotechnology

Environmental Biotechnology is an emerging field of scientific and technological investigations that is truly global. People around the world are now joined together by a common technical bond. Furthermore, popular recognition is high for the environmental problems being faced and solved by biotechnology methods. With a feeling of winning, but recognizing there is much work to be done, workers with in-depth experience in solving one problem in environmental biotechnology meet to learn from the background of other workers how they, too, are addressing and solving environmental problems. This text includes papers from the third biennial meeting of the International Society for Environmental Biotechnology, the ISEB, held in Boston, Massachusetts, on the campus of Northeastern University. Technical oral presentations of state-of-the-art research were integrated with tutorials and workshops by practising technologists in the broad field of environmental biotechnology. This meeting was in every respect truly global. For example, presentations were heard from technical workers in Southeast Asia, Russia, China, Europe, North Africa, India, and the United States. By having these selected presenters, all participants benefited from this interactive symposium. Various persons of political stature were the keynote, banquet, and luncheon speakers; these social events further promoted informal exchange of ideas, discussions of technical problems, and exploration of new applications. This international symposium on environmental biotechnology was held on the campus of Northeastern University, but all Boston area universities were included and participated as conference Co-Chairs. This symposium was considered a success because workers with experience in one area of environmental biotechnology learned from the wealth of established backgrounds of those in other areas of environmental biotechnology. To formally disseminate conference results, all technical presentations were reviewed for formal publication. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Metal bioaccumulation by Pseudomonas : a way to bioremediation....Pages 3-7 Detection of heavy metal ion resistance genes in lead-resistant bacteria....Pages 9-25 Stress responses of three Pseudomonas species and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia to heat and selected pollutants....Pages 27-40 Use of a luminescent bacterial biosensor for biomonitoring and characterisation of arsenic toxicity of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)....Pages 41-49 Genetic engineering and its potential for mercury(II) bioremediation....Pages 51-59 Siderophore alcaligin E production by Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34: features of the ale -operon and application perspectives of alcaligin E for leaching of heavy metals....Pages 61-73 Bacterial sulfate reduction treatment of mining-related wastewaters: pilot plant results....Pages 75-81 Study of cadmium uptake and accumulation in Lactobacillus plantarum and Escherichia coli ....Pages 83-92 Biosorption and desorption studies of chromium(III) by free and immobilised rhizobium (BJVr 12) cells....Pages 93-104 The interactive effect of environmental carcinogens namely Cd and Ni on rat DNA....Pages 105-109 Adsorption and uptake of nickel by Chlamydomonas acidophilus ....Pages 111-123 A molecular approach to understanding aluminum tolerance in soybean ( Glycine max L.)....Pages 125-138 Biosorption of heavy metals by Aspergillus niger ....Pages 139-156 Biosorption of copper by living Phanerochaete chrysosporium mycelium....Pages 157-169 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Codigestion of olive oil mill wastewaters together with manure, household waste or sewage sludge....Pages 173-180 Controlled release of herbicides from biodegradable matrices....Pages 181-197 Accelerated coffee pulp composting....Pages 199-209 Fungal biomass estimation in batch solid substrate cultivation using asymptotic observation....Pages 211-220 Multivariable model predictive control of a solid substrate pilot bioreactor: A simulation study....Pages 221-232 An aseptic pilot bioreactor for solid substrate cultivation processes....Pages 233-243 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Treatment of wastewater from a multi-product food processing company, in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors: The effect of seasonal variation....Pages 245-252 Analysis of immobilised cell bioreactors for desulfurisation of flue gases and sulfite/sulfate laden wastewater....Pages 253-266 Sensor technology applied to the environment....Pages 267-282 The effects of increasing the concentration and distribution of a synthetic wastewater to a modified bench scale rotating biological contactor....Pages 283-299 Solid substrate fermentation of agroresidues for value added products: the Malaysian experience....Pages 301-305 Treatment of oily soil with microbes in the laboratory....Pages 307-310 The treatment of cumene hydroperoxide containing wastewaters....Pages 311-317 Front Matter....Pages 319-319 Risk assessment at a JP-4 contamination site after active remediation....Pages 321-339 Detection of bacterial DNA sequences via oligonucleotidebased biosensors....Pages 341-345 Expectations for commercial adoption of new heavy metal bioremediation technologies....Pages 347-354 Preliminary respirometer studies for the bioremediation of PAH contaminated soils....Pages 355-364 Innovative bioremediation technologies: The DOD/AATDF contribution....Pages 365-376 Bench scale investigations of the effects of biosurfactants on the bioavailability of hydrocarbon contaminants....Pages 377-387 Accumulation of catechol by a wild-type strain of Rhodococcus from benzene....Pages 389-400 Anaerobic degradation and production of alkane/alkene by a new facultative chemoautotrophic bacterium strain HD-1....Pages 401-414 Front Matter....Pages 415-415 Gas-phase methyl ethyl ketone biodegradation in a tubular biofilm reactor: microbiological and bioreactor aspects....Pages 417-436 Introduction and PCR detection of Desulfomonile tiedjei in soil slurry microcosms....Pages 437-449 Enhancement of the biodegradability of wastewater containing recalcitrant or inhibitory chemical compounds by photocatalytic pre-oxidation....Pages 451-461 Anaerobic bioremediation of explosives-contaminated soil: a laboratory study....Pages 463-474 Evaluation of high molecular weight PAH degradation by a pyrene-enriched microbial community in inoculated soils....Pages 475-487 Front Matter....Pages 415-415 Application of bioreactors for bioremediation....Pages 489-504 Biodegradation pathway of atrazine in soil of northern Israel....Pages 505-512 Kinetics and population dynamics during biodegradation of phenol by a binary mixed culture....Pages 513-517 ‘Soft’ remediation strategies: examples for activation of microbiological self-cleaning potencies in contaminated water, sediment and soil....Pages 519-535 Rapid detection of the phenol-carboxylating strain 6, an anaerobic gram-positive bacterium, in soil by PCR....Pages 537-544 The application of nitrate as an alternative electron acceptor for the remediation of contaminated sites....Pages 545-549 Biofortified farming systems for sustainable agriculture and improved environment....Pages 551-558 Rapid bioassessment of intermittent streams in the Upper Brazos River watershed....Pages 559-565 Potentialities of nitrophenols-degrading microorganisms....Pages 567-571 Comparative competitiveness of strains degrading xenobiotics and microorganisms from various ecosystems....Pages 573-584 Isolation and characterisation of a new lipopeptide biosurfactant produced by Arthrobacter sp. MIS38....Pages 585-596 Respirometric protocol to evaluate acute microbial inhibition in activated sludge....Pages 597-610 Environmental biotechnology is an emerging field of scientific and technological investigations that is truly global. Popular recognition is high for the environmental problems being faced and solved by biotechnology methods. This book presents selected papers from the 3rd International Symposium of the International Society for Environmental Biotechnology, held in Boston in July 1996. The following topics are covered: metals, mine drainage, removal and toxicity; waste treatment/monitoring; bioremediation; water quality; biodegradation; and local, national and international issues in biotechnology