Fungi in bioremediation /

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Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Published for the British Mycological Society [by] Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 481 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:British Mycological Society symposium series ; v. 23
British Mycological Society symposium series ; 23.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11173585
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Other authors / contributors:Gadd, Geoffrey M.
ISBN:9780511410239
0511410239
9780511541780
0511541783
0511408366
9780511408366
9780521065313
0521065313
0521781191
9780521781190
0521781191
9780511408366
9780521781190
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Counter Bioremediation is an expanding area of environmental biotechnology, and may be defined as the application of biological processes to the treatment of pollution. Much bioremediation work has concentrated on organic pollutants, although the range of substances that can be transformed or detoxified by microorganisms includes both natural and synthetic organic materials and inorganic pollutants, such as toxic metals. The majority of applications developed to date involve bacteria and there is a distinct lack of appreciation of the potential roles and involvement of fungi in bioremediation, despite clear evidence of their metabolic and morphological versatility. This book highlights the potential of filamentous fungi, including mycorrhizas, in bioremediation and discusses the physiology and chemistry of pollutant transformations.
Other form:Print version: Fungi in bioremediation. Cambridge ; New York : Published for the British Mycological Society [by] Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521781191 9780521781190
Standard no.:9780521781190