Encyclopedia of environmental microbiology [1st ed.] 0471354503, 9780471354505, 0471360465, 0471360473, 0471360481, 047136049X, 0471360503, 0471360511

Table of contents :
Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 0471354503......Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 18
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 19
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AN OVERVIEW OF IMAGING SCIENCE......Page 27
CONVERSION FACTORS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND UNIT SYMBOLS......Page 28
INTRODUCTION......Page 34
EDITORIAL BOARD AND AREAS COVERED......Page 38
ACTIVATED SLUDGE-FOAMING......Page 39
ACTIVATED SLUDGE — MICROBIOLOGY OF NITROGEN REMOVAL......Page 46
ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODELS: MICROBIOLOGICAL BASIS......Page 52
ACTIVATED SLUDGE — MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING COMMUNITY COMPOSITION......Page 64
ACTIVATED SLUDGE — SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS......Page 81
ACTIVATED SLUDGE — THE FLOC......Page 92
ACTIVATED SLUDGE — THE ‘‘G-BACTERIA’’......Page 99
ACTIVATED SLUDGE — THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITY......Page 106
ACTIVATED SLUDGE — THE PROCESS......Page 112
ACTIVITY AND CARBON TRANSFORMATIONS IN BIOFILMS......Page 119
ADENOVIRUSES......Page 130
ADHESION, IMMOBILIZATION, AND RETENTION OF MICROORGANISMS ON SOLID SUBSTRATA......Page 138
ADHESION (PRIMARY) OF MICROORGANISMS ONTO SURFACES......Page 151
ADSORPTION OF VIRUSES TO SURFACES.......Page 170
AEROBIC ALKALIPHILES......Page 171
AEROBIC ENDOSPORES......Page 178
AEROBIC RESPIRATION, PRINCIPLES OF......Page 187
AGGREGATES AND CONSORTIA, MICROBIAL......Page 198
AIR-WATER INTERFACE.......Page 219
AIRBORNE TOXIGENIC MOLDS......Page 220
ALGAE BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 227
ALGAL BLOOMS — IMPACT ON TREATMENT, TASTE, AND ODOR PROBLEMS......Page 242
ALGAL TURF SCRUBBING: POTENTIAL USE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT......Page 251
ALKALIPHILES: ALKALINE ENZYMES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS......Page 257
ANAEROBIC GRANULES AND GRANULATION PROCESSES......Page 270
ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE.......Page 283
ARCHAEA: DETECTION METHODS......Page 284
ARCHAEA IN BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 297
ARCHAEA IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS......Page 314
ARCHAEA IN SOIL HABITATS......Page 331
ASSESSING MICROBIAL PROTEOMES IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 343
ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON (AOC) IN TREATED WATER: DETERMINATION AND SIGNIFICANCE......Page 350
ASTROVIRUSES......Page 365
ATTACHMENT OF MICROORGANISMS.......Page 375
BACTERIAL CONTAMINANTS IN RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS......Page 376
BACTERIAL PHYTOSTIMULATORS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE......Page 381
BACTERIOPHAGE AS INDICATORS......Page 392
BACTERIOPHAGE: BIOLOGY AND GENETICS......Page 401
BACTERIOPHAGE DETECTION METHODOLOGIES......Page 412
BACTERIOPHAGE OF ENTERIC BACTERIA: OCCURRENCE AND PERSISTANCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 422
BIOAEROSOL SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS......Page 430
BIOAEROSOLS IN AGRICULTURAL AND OUTDOOR SETTINGS......Page 442
BIOAEROSOLS IN INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS......Page 454
BIOAEROSOLS: TRANSPORT AND FATE......Page 463
BIOAUGMENTATION......Page 472
BIOAVAILABILITY OF ORGANIC SUBSTRATES.......Page 480
BIOCHIP-BASED DEVICES AND METHODS IN MICROBIAL COMMUNITY RIBOTYPING......Page 481
BIOCONTROL, MICROBIAL AGENTS IN SOIL......Page 488
BIOCORROSION: ROLE OF SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA......Page 503
BIODEGRADABILITY: METHODS FOR ASSESSING BIODEGRADABILITY UNDER LABORATORY AND FIELD CONDITION......Page 513
BIODEGRADABLE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN DRINKING WATER......Page 522
BIODEGRADATION: REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION AND METABOLISM OF CHLORINATED ORGANICS BY ANAEROBES......Page 545
BIODETERIORATION OF MINERAL MATERIALS......Page 554
BIODIVERSITY IN SOILS: USE OF MOLECULAR METHODS FOR ITS CHARACTERIZATION......Page 566
BIOFILM DETACHMENT......Page 582
BIOFILMS, ALGAL BIOFILMS.......Page 588
BIOFILMS: BACTERIAL-FUNGAL BIOFILMS......Page 589
BIOFILMS, CONDITIONING FILMS.......Page 597
BIOFILMS IN NATURAL AND DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS......Page 598
BIOFILMS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY......Page 615
BIOFILTRATION......Page 625
BIOFILTRATION AND BIOODORS......Page 631
BIOFOULING: CHEMICAL CONTROL OF BIOFOULING IN WATER SYSTEMS......Page 639
BIOFOULING IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 648
BIOFOULING OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS......Page 657
BIOLEACHING......Page 670
BIOLEACHING OF METALS......Page 679
BIOLOGY OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM......Page 688
BIOLUMINESCENCE, METHODOLOGY......Page 695
BIOMASS: SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS......Page 701
BIOMINERALIZATION BY BACTERIA......Page 708
BIOPLASTICS......Page 720
BIOREMEDIATION: AN OVERVIEW OF HOW MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES CAN BE APPLIED TO THE CLEANUP OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC ENVIRONMENTA......Page 730
BIOREMEDIATION: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS......Page 750
BIOREMEDIATION OF SOILS......Page 760
BIOREPORTERS.......Page 775
BIOSOLIDS: ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF......Page 776
BIOSURFACTANTS: TYPES, SCREENING METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS......Page 788
BIOTERRORISM......Page 809
BIOTRICKLING FILTERS FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL......Page 820
BOTTLED WATER, MICROBIOLOGY OF......Page 833
BULKING OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE.......Page 840
CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI AND OTHER ENTERIC CAMPYLOBACTER......Page 841
CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS IN GENETIC ANALYSIS AND RIBOTYPING OF MICROBIOTA IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 849
CAVES AND MINES MICROBIOLOGICAL SAMPLING......Page 859
CAVES AND OTHER LOW-LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS: AEROPHITIC PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS......Page 873
CHAPERONE AND CHAPERONINS.......Page 881
CHEMICAL WEAPONS, BIODEGRADATION OF......Page 882
CHOLERA......Page 891
CLOSTRIDIUM......Page 899
COLD-ADAPTED MICROORGANISMS: ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL......Page 909
COLD SHOCK......Page 923
COLIFORM BACTERIA AS INDICATORS OF WATER QUALITY......Page 933
COLIFORM BACTERIA — CONTROL IN DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS......Page 943
COMPOST: BIODEGRADATION OF TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS......Page 952
CONDITIONING FILMS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS......Page 966
CONTROLLING THE MICROBIAL QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS......Page 979
CYANOBACTERIA......Page 990
CYANOBACTERIA-TOXINS IN DRINKING WATER......Page 1020
CYCLOSPORA: BASIC BIOLOGY, OCCURRENCE FATE AND METHODOLOGIES......Page 1033
DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING......Page 1040
DENITRIFICATION IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 1048
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS: BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS......Page 1057
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS — SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN COLD DESERTS......Page 1061
DESICCATION BY EXPOSURE TO SPACE VACUUM OR EXTREMELY DRY DESERTS: EFFECT ON MICROORGANISMS......Page 1067
DESULFURIZATION OF FOSSIL FUELS......Page 1079
DIATOMS IN BIOFILMS......Page 1089
DISINFECTION: CHLORINE, MONOCHLORAMINE, AND CHLORINE DIOXIDE......Page 1101
DISINFECTION OF PROTOZOAN PARASITES......Page 1104
DRINKING WATER, VIRUSES IN.......Page 1111
ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SUBSURFACE MICROORGANISMS......Page 1112
ECOLOGY OF MARINE MICROBIAL BIOFILMS......Page 1119
ECOLOGY, PATHOGENICITY, AND SYSTEMATICS OF AEROMONAS IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 1129
EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLIES.......Page 1137
ENDOLITHIC MICROORGANISMS IN ARID REGIONS......Page 1138
ENDOSYMBIOSIS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION......Page 1150
ENHANCED DETECTION OF AIRBORNE MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS......Page 1168
ENTAMOEBAHISTOLYTICA/ENTAMOEBA DISPAR......Page 1174
ENTEROVIRUSES: BASIC BIOLOGY AND DISEASES......Page 1184
ENTEROVIRUSES IN WATER: CONCENTRATION AND DETECTION......Page 1194
ENTEROVIRUSES: OCCURRENCE AND PERSISTENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 1205
ENZYMES, ARCHAEAL.......Page 1213
ENZYMES: BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS......Page 1214
EUTROPHICATION AND ALGAE......Page 1227
EVOLUTION OF METABOLIC PATHWAYS FOR DEGRADATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS......Page 1232
EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES IN BIOFILMS......Page 1245
EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS): STRUCTURAL, ECOLOGICAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS......Page 1261
EXTREMOPHILES: LIFE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS......Page 1270
FATE AND MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF HALOGENATED AROMATICS......Page 1276
FATE OF VIRUSES AND PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN AQUATIC SEDIMENTS......Page 1290
FECAL CONTAMINATION, SOURCES OF......Page 1294
FECAL STREPTOCOCCI/ENTEROCOCCI IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS......Page 1302
FIELD RELEASE OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS (GEM)......Page 1316
FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE: CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS AND ECOLOGY......Page 1325
FILAMENTOUS BULKING IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE, CONTROL OF......Page 1344
FILTRATION: OCCURRENCE OF PROTOZOA IN SPENT FILTER BACKWASH WATER.......Page 1353
FLOODED SOILS......Page 1354
FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR IN SITU ANALYSES OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES......Page 1371
FREE-LIVING AMEBAS PRESENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT CAN CAUSE MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS......Page 1381
FREEZE DRYING: PRESERVATIONS OF MICROORGANISMS BY FREEZE-DRYING......Page 1388
FUNGAL ALLERGY AND ALLERGENS......Page 1397
FUNGAL CONTAMINANTS......Page 1404
FUNGI AND INDOOR AIR......Page 1410
FUNGI, FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 1421
FUNGI IN MARINE/ESTUARINE WATERS......Page 1432
FUNGI IN STREAMS.......Page 1438
GALLIONELLAFERRUGINEA:AN IRON-OXIDIZING AND STALK-FORMING GROUNDWATER BACTERIUM......Page 1439
GENE EXCHANGE IN BIOFILMS......Page 1446
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS FOR BIODEGRADATION OF RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS......Page 1458
GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS (GMM) IN SOIL ENVIRONMENTS......Page 1467
GENOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL......Page 1478
GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SUBSURFACE MICROBIOLOGY......Page 1491
GEOSTATISTICS FOR DETERMINING THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL MICROORGANISMS.......Page 1506
GIARDIA: BASIC BIOLOGY, GENETICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY......Page 1507
GIARDIA: DETECTION AND OCCURRENCE OF IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 1515
GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON, BACTERIOLOGY OF......Page 1527
GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP)......Page 1534
GROWTH, ON MIXED SUBSTRATES......Page 1538
HALOPHILES: AEROBIC HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS......Page 1539
HALOPHILES: ANAEROBIC PROKARYOTES FROM HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS......Page 1550
HELICOBACTERPYLORI......Page 1567
HEPATITIS VIRUSES (HAV-HEV)......Page 1568
HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA AS INDICATORS OF WATER QUALITY......Page 1578
HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE: MICROBIAL INACTIVATION AND FOOD PRESERVATION......Page 1590
HOME TREATMENT DEVICES — MICROBIOLOGY OF POINT OF USE AND POINT OF ENTRY DEVICES......Page 1601
HOT DESERT SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES......Page 1614
HUMAN CALICIVIRUSES: BASIC VIROLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY......Page 1624
HYDROCARBONS, BIODEGRADATION OF.......Page 1636
HYDROPHOBICITY OF MICROORGANISMS: METHODOLOGY......Page 1637
HYDROTHERMAL VENTS: BIODIVERSITY IN DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS......Page 1642
HYDROTHERMAL VENTS: PROKARYOTES IN DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS......Page 1655
HYPERTHERMOPHILES......Page 1666
IDENTIFICATION OF AIRBORNE FUNGI......Page 1685
IGNEOUS ROCK AQUIFERS MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES......Page 1699
IMAGE ANALYSIS OF MICROORGANISMS......Page 1712
INDICATORS OF WATER QUALITY: BACTERIOPHAGE.......Page 1726
INFECTIOUS AIRBORNE BACTERIA......Page 1727
INORGANIC NUTRIENT USE BY MARINE MICROORGANISMS......Page 1735
INSECTICIDES, MICROBIAL......Page 1747
INVERTEBRATES AND PROTOZOA (FREE-LIVING) IN DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS......Page 1756
IRON OXIDATION.......Page 1771
ISOSPORA......Page 1772
ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION.......Page 1775
KINETICS (MICROBIAL): THEORY AND APPLICATIONS......Page 1776
KINETICS OF MICROBIAL PROCESSES AND POPULATION GROWTH IN SOIL......Page 1786
LANDFILLING OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES: MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS......Page 1797
LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY IN COMBINATION WITH FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES FOR BIOFILM STUDY......Page 1810
LEGIONELLAE......Page 1826
LEGIONELLAIN THE ENVIRONMENT: PERSISTENCE, EVOLUTION, AND PATHOGENICITY......Page 1834
LEPTOSPIROSIS......Page 1844
LIPID BIOMARKERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY......Page 1855
LITHOTROPHIC MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS IN THE SUBSURFACE......Page 1862
LUCIFERASE AND GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN AS BIOREPORTERS IN MICROBIAL SYSTEMS......Page 1868
LYME BORRELIOSIS......Page 1876
MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 1888
MEROPLANKTON......Page 1901
METABOLISM OF MIXTURES OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS......Page 1907
METALS, MICROBE RESISTANCE TO.......Page 1915
METALS: MICROBIAL PROCESSES AFFECTING METALS......Page 1916
METAL STRESSED ENVIRONMENTS, BACTERIA IN......Page 1931
METAL (U, Fe, Mn, Hg) CYCLING......Page 1940
METHANOGENESIS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 1951
METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA......Page 1961
METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA: USE IN BIOREMEDIATION......Page 1974
METHODS FOR FLOW CYTOMETRY AND CELL SORTING......Page 1982
METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MICROBIAL ISOLATES......Page 1996
MICROARRAYS.......Page 2005
MICROARRAYS: APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY......Page 2006
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF EXPLOSIVES......Page 2017
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF FUEL OXYGENATES......Page 2032
MICROBIAL FLOCS SUSPENDED BIOFILMS......Page 2038
MICROBIAL REMOVAL BY PRETREATMENT, COAGULATION AND ION EXCHANGE......Page 2050
MICROBIAL STARVATION SURVIVAL IN SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTS......Page 2057
MICROBIOLOGY OF ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN AQUIFERS AND OTHER UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS......Page 2066
MICROBIOLOGY OF CRETACEOUS SHALES AND SANDSTONES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES......Page 2080
MICROBIOLOGY OF DEEP HIGH TEMPERATURE SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS......Page 2085
MICROORGANISMS IN SOIL: FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR ACTIVITY......Page 2095
MICROSPORIDIA: BASIC BIOLOGY......Page 2103
MICROSPORIDIA: OCCURRENCE, FATE AND METHODOLOGIES......Page 2115
MODELING OF BIOFILMS......Page 2121
MODELING OF VIRUS TRANSPORT AND REMOVAL IN THE SUBSURFACE......Page 2132
MODELING THE TRANSPORT OF BIOAEROSOLS......Page 2145
MYCOBACTERIUMAVIUMCOMPLEX......Page 2150
MYCORRHIZAE: ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE......Page 2158
MYCORRHIZAE: ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI......Page 2162
MYCOTOXINS.......Page 2170
NEUSTON MICROBIOLOGY: LIFE AT THE AIR–WATER INTERFACE......Page 2171
NITRIFICATION IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS......Page 2182
NITRIFYING BACTERIA IN DRINKING WATER......Page 2205
NITROGEN CYCLE IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 2214
NITROGEN FIXATION IN SOILS — FREE-LIVING MICROBES......Page 2226
NITROGEN FIXATION IN SOILS (SYMBIOTIC)......Page 2239
NITROGEN FIXATION IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 2249
NORWALK-LIKE VIRUSES: DETECTION METHODOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL FATE......Page 2259
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS......Page 2273
NUCLEAR WASTE RESPOSITORY IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN: MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS......Page 2288
NUTRIENTS USE BY MARINE MICROORGANISMS.......Page 2298
OCCURRENCE OF PROTOZOA IN SPENT FILTER BACKWASH WATER......Page 2299
OLIGOTROPHIC BACTERIA......Page 2305
OXYGEN: EFFECT ON MARINE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES......Page 2315
OXYGENASE ENZYMES: ROLE IN BIODEGRADATION......Page 2326
PALEOLIMNOLOGY: SUBFOSSIL ALGAE OTHER THAN DIATOMS AND CHRYSOPHYTES......Page 2339
PALEOLIMNOLOGY: USE OF ALGAL PIGMENTS AS INDICATORS......Page 2344
PALEOLIMNOLOGY: USE OF SILICEOUS STRUCTURES OF CHRYSOPHYTES AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS IN FRESHWATER SYSTEMS......Page 2355
PARASITIC PROTOZOA: FATE IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS......Page 2365
PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIACOLI......Page 2375
PATHOGENS IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOFILMS......Page 2377
PERIPHYTON......Page 2395
PERMAFROST......Page 2405
PESTICIDE DEGRADATION IN SOILS......Page 2423
PETROLEUM AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS, BIODEGRADATION OF......Page 2440
PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS, INFLUENCE, ACTIVITY AND GROWTH OF SUBSURFACE MICROFLORA IN......Page 2454
PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS, MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN......Page 2464
PFIESTERIA: THE TOXIC PFIESTERIA COMPLEX......Page 2469
PHAGE: DETECTION METHODOLOGIES.......Page 2485
PHOSPHORUS CYCLING IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS: ROLE OF BACTERIA......Page 2486
PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS IN MARINE ALGAE AND BACTERIA......Page 2491
PHOTOTROPHIC PURPLE AND GREEN BACTERIA IN MARINE AND HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS......Page 2508
PHYLOGENETICALLY BASED METHODS IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY......Page 2527
PHYTOPLANKTON.......Page 2539
PLANKTONIC ALGAE IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 2540
PLANKTONIC MICROORGANISMS: BACTERIOPLANKTON......Page 2557
PLANT–MICROBE INTERACTIONS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 2577
POLAR MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON......Page 2592
POPULATION GROWTH IN SOILS, KINETICS OF.......Page 2603
PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 2604
PROBES.......Page 2613
PROCHLOROCOCCUS......Page 2614
PROTECTION OF SOURCE WATER.......Page 2631
PROTISTAN COMMUNITIES IN GROUNDWATER......Page 2632
PROTOZOA (FREE-LIVING) IN DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.......Page 2642
PROTOZOA IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE......Page 2643
PROTOZOA IN MARINE AND ESTUARINE WATERS......Page 2651
PROTOZOAN CILIATES IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS......Page 2664
PSEUDOMONAS......Page 2670
PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIA: ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION......Page 2677
PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY: MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF......Page 2684
QUANTIFICATION OF MICROBIAL BIOMASS......Page 2690
QUORUM SENSING IN BIOFILMS.......Page 2698
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL, GEOMICROBIOLOGY OF......Page 2699
RAINWATER ROOF CATCHMENT SYSTEMS, MICROBIAL QUALITY OF......Page 2712
RED TIDES AND OTHER HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS......Page 2723
REGULATION OF THE COMMERCIAL USES OF MICROORGANISMS......Page 2731
REMOVAL OF PATHOGENIC MICROBES BY GRANULAR HIGH-RATE FILTRATION......Page 2745
RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOLOGY......Page 2751
RIBOTYPING METHODS FOR ASSESSMENT OF IN SITU MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE......Page 2766
RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO VIRUSES......Page 2779
ROTAVIRUSES......Page 2791
RURAL WATER SUPPLIES.......Page 2811
SALINITY EFFECTS ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SOIL MICROORGANISMS......Page 2812
SALMONELLAIN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS......Page 2827
SALT PRODUCTION......Page 2840
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY......Page 2847
SEAGRASSES COMMUNITIES......Page 2860
SEA ICE MICROORGANISMS......Page 2871
SEDIMENTS: SULFATE REDUCTION IN MARINE SEDIMENTS......Page 2882
SEPTIC TANK SYSTEMS......Page 2891
SEQUENCING BATCH BIOFILM REACTOR (SBBR).......Page 2902
SHIGELLA......Page 2903
SIDEROPHORES IN MARINE BACTERIA.......Page 2909
SNOW AND ICE ENVIRONMENTS......Page 2910
SOIL BACTERIA......Page 2918
SOIL DISTRIBUTION OF MICROORGANISMS......Page 2932
SOIL ENZYMES......Page 2937
SOIL FUNGI: NATURE’S NUTRITIONAL NETWORK......Page 2948
SOIL GENETIC ECOLOGY......Page 2956
SOIL MICROORGANISMS: ROLE IN BIODEGRADATION......Page 2961
SOIL NITROGEN CYCLE......Page 2974
SOIL QUALITY: THE ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS......Page 2982
SOIL SAMPLING.......Page 2995
SORPTION PROPERTIES OF BIOFILMS......Page 2996
SOURCE WATER PROTECTION: MICROBIOLOGY OF SOURCE WATER......Page 3005
SPA AND HOT TUB MICROBIOLOGY......Page 3016
SPACE MICROBIOLOGY: EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION ON MICROORGANISMS IN SPACE......Page 3023
SPACE MICROBIOLOGY: MICROGRAVITY AND MICROORGANISMS......Page 3034
STORAGE POLYMERS: ROLE IN THE ECOLOGY OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE......Page 3042
STREAM MICROBIOLOGY......Page 3053
STRESS RESPONSE IN ARCHAEA......Page 3062
STRESS RESPONSE IN BACTERIA......Page 3072
STRESS RESPONSE IN BACTERIA: HEAT SHOCK......Page 3084
SUBAERIAL COMMUNITIES......Page 3093
SUBSURFACE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES: DIVERSITY OF CULTURABLE MICROORGANISMS......Page 3103
SUBSURFACE SAMPLES: COLLECTION AND PROCESSING......Page 3109
SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA: ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS......Page 3125
SULFUR BACTERIA IN DRINKING WATER......Page 3134
SULFUR CYCLE IN SOILS......Page 3142
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS......Page 3154
SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION.......Page 3164
THERMOPHILES: ANAEROBIC ALKALITHERMOPHILES......Page 3165
THERMOPHILES, DIVERSITY OF......Page 3178
TOXICITY OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS TO MICROORGANISMS......Page 3185
TOXICITY TESTING IN SOIL, USE OF MICROBIAL AND ENZYMATIC TESTS......Page 3193
TOXICITY TESTING IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS USING MICROORGANISMS......Page 3206
TOXINS, MICROBIAL.......Page 3213
TOXOPLASMAGONDII......Page 3214
TRACE GASES SOIL......Page 3221
TRACERS IN GROUNDWATER: USE OF MICROORGANISMS AND MICROSPHERES......Page 3232
TROPHIC STATE AND ALGAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE.......Page 3240
USE OF COLD-ADAPTED MICROORGANISMS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 3241
USE OF MICROSCOPIC ALGAE IN TOXICITY TESTING......Page 3257
UV DISINFECTION — THEORY TO PRACTICE......Page 3268
VADOSE ZONE MICROBIOLOGY......Page 3274
VIABLE BUT NOT CULTURABLE (VBNC) MICROORGANISMS......Page 3284
VIRAL AEROSOLS......Page 3293
VIRAL DISINFECTION......Page 3298
VIRUS SURVIVAL IN SOILS......Page 3306
VIRUSES AND PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN FOOD, INCLUDING METHODOLOGY......Page 3314
VIRUSES: CALICIVIRUSES.......Page 3325
VIRUSES IN DRINKING WATER AND GROUNDWATER......Page 3326
VIRUSES IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT......Page 3338
VOLCANIC TUFFS: DEEP SUBSURFACE MICROBIOLOGY OF......Page 3348
WASTEWATER AND BIOSOLIDS AS SOURCES OF AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS......Page 3358
WASTEWATER STABILIZATION PONDS......Page 3368
WASTEWATER TREATMENT MICROBIOLOGY......Page 3375
WATER FUNGI AS DECOMPOSERS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS......Page 3391
WEATHERING, MICROBIOL......Page 3402
WEATHERING: MINERAL WEATHERING AND MICROBIAL METABOLISM......Page 3413
WETLANDS AND READBEDS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT......Page 3427
WETLANDS: BIODEGRADATION OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS......Page 3439
WOOD PROCESSING AND BIOAEROSOLS.......Page 3455
ZOONOTIC TRANSMISSION OF PATHOGENS......Page 3457
A......Page 3459
B......Page 3469
C......Page 3481
D......Page 3490
E......Page 3495
F......Page 3500
G......Page 3505
H......Page 3508
I......Page 3512
K......Page 3514
L......Page 3515
M......Page 3517
N......Page 3524
O......Page 3527
P......Page 3529
R......Page 3539
S......Page 3543
T......Page 3555
V......Page 3559
W......Page 3561
Z......Page 3564
Color Plates......Page 3565