Environmental Biotechnology for Waste Treatment

Current Perceptions.- Environmental Biotechnology: Perceptions, Reality, and Applications.- Media Images of Environmental Biotechnology: What Does the Public See?.- Perspectives on Bioremediation in the Gas Industry.- Considerations in the Selection of Environmental Biotechnology as Viable in Field-Scale Waste Treatment Applications.- The Technical, Economic, and Regulatory Future for Bioremediation: An Industry Perspective.- Removing Impediments to the Use of Bioremediation and Other Innovative Technologies.- Bioremediation Research Issues.- Field-Scale Case Studies.- Evaluation of Bioremediation in a Coal-Coking Waste Lagoon.- Evaluation Process for the Selection of Bioremediation Technologies for Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.- Full-Scale Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water.- Technical Issues and Concerns in Implementation.- Feasibility and Other Considerations for Use of Bioremediation in Subsurface Areas.- Integration of Biotechnology to Waste Minimization Programs.- Bioremediation of Explosives Contaminated Soils (Scientific Questions/Engineering Realities).- Practices, Potential, and Pitfalls in the Application of Biotechnology to Environmental Problems.- What is the Km of Disappearase?.- Use of Treatability Studies in Developing Remediation Strategies for Contaminated Soils.- Biodegradation of Mixed Solvents by a Strain of Pseudomonas.- Nontechnical Issues and Concerns in Implementation.- The Field Implementation of Bioremediation: An EPA Perspective.- An Historical Perspective: Does Good Science or Good Press Generate Demand?.- Ways to Identify and Obtain Rights to Technology from Federal Facilities.- An Overview of Current Attitudes on the Use of Biotreatment for Cleanup.- What Are the Critical Issues Necessary to Win the Confidence of State Regulators? Views of a Project Manager on Bioremediation Sites.- Federal Regulations: How They Impact Research and Commercialization of Biological Treatment.- International Activities.- Polluted Heterogeneous Environments: Macro-scale Fluxes, Micro-scale Mechanisms, and Molecular Scale Control.- The Pilot Plant Testing of the Continuous Extraction of Radionuclides Using Immobilized Biomass.- Research and Development Programs for Biological Hazardous Waste Treatment in the Netherlands.- Summary.- Environmental Biotechnology—From Flask to Field: A Review.- Contributors.