Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Applications of Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 1-17 Microbiology of Environmental Engineering Systems....Pages 19-79 Microbial Systematics....Pages 81-120 Microbial Ecology....Pages 121-191 Microbial Metabolism: Importance for Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 193-255 Microbial Ecology of Isolated Life Support Systems....Pages 257-286 Environmental Solid-State Cultivation Processes and Bioreactors....Pages 287-342 Value-Added Biotechnological Products from Organic Wastes....Pages 343-394 Anaerobic Digestion in Suspended Growth Bioreactors....Pages 395-438 Selection and Design of Membrane Bioreactors in Environmental Bioengineering....Pages 439-516 Closed Ecological Systems, Space Life Support and Biospherics....Pages 517-565 Natural Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 567-622 Aerobic and Anoxic Suspended-Growth Biotechnologies....Pages 623-670 Aerobic and Anaerobic Attached Growth Biotechnologies....Pages 671-720 Sequencing Batch Reactor Technology....Pages 721-747 Flotation Biological Systems....Pages 749-781 A/O Phosphorus Removal Biotechnology....Pages 783-814 Treatment of Septage and Biosolids from Biological Processes....Pages 815-853 Environmental Control of Biotechnology Industry....Pages 855-914 Back Matter....Pages 915-975