Environmental Biotechnology

2. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-926867-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 785 g

Continued advances in biotechnology have driven forward the harnessing of micro-organisms and plants to help protect our fragile environment from the impact of human activity in increasingly targeted yet diverse ways. Environmental Biotechnology provides a broad overview of the subject, focusing on how biotechnological techniques are applied to solve environmental problems, rather than giving detailed explanations of the techniques themselves.

Opening with an overview of environmental biotechnology, and a review of the key aspects of microbiology upon which the field is based, the book goes on to explore the diverse way in which biotechnology is applied to tackle environmental problems and issues, from monitoring of the environment and treatment of waste, to the removal of pollutants and extraction of oil and minerals. The book closes with a discussion of the ways in which future advances in biotechnology are likely to be harnessed to address current and emerging issues and problems in increasingly effective and powerful ways.

Capturing the current excitement in a field reinvigorated by advances in genetic manipulation, and emerging genomic and proteomic technologies, Environmental Biotechnology is the perfect resource for any student needing to develop a sound understanding of biotechnology, and the diverse ways it can be applied to address important environmental issues.

Online Resource Centre

- Figures from the book available to download, to facilitate lecture preparation
- Library of web links cited in the book, to give students ready access to these additional resources

Zielgruppe

Advanced undergraduates taking an environmental biotechnology course as part of an environmental science or bioscience programme, and postgraduate students taking a Biotechnology-related Masters programme. Also a useful primer for those taking a more quantitative chemical engineering-based course.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scragg, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Industrielle Biotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- 2: Microbiology

- 3: Environmental Monitoring

- 4: Sewage Treatment

- 5: Bioremediation

- 6: Biotechnology and Sustainable Technology

- 7: Biofuels

- 8: Natural Resource Recovery

- 9: Agricultural Biotechnology

- 10: Biotechnology of the Marine Environment

- 11: Specific topics

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Alan Scragg, Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, University of The West England, UK.