Bioremediation: Methods and Protocols

1. Measurement of Bioaccessibility of Organic Pollutants in SoilLaura McAllister and Kirk T. Semple2. Heavy Metal Bioavailability and Bioaccessibility in SoilJohn Richard Dean3. Addressing PCR Biases in Environmental Microbiology StudiesRita Sipos, Anna Székely, Sára Révész, and Károly Márialigeti4. MPN- and Real Time -Based PCR Methods for the Quantification of Alkane-Monooxygenase Homologous Genes (alkB) in Environmental SamplesAlfredo Perez de Mora, Stephan Schulz, and Michael Schloter5. Application of Fingerprinting Molecular Methods in Bioremediation StudiesDimitrios G. Karpouzas and Brajesh K. Singh6. Using Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) Analysis to Assess Microbial Community Structure in Compost SystemsSonia M. Tiquia7. Combination of Fluorescence in situ Hybridization with Staining Techniques for Cell Viability and Accumulation of PHA and polyP in Microorganisms in Complex Microbial SystemsJeppe Lund Nielsen, Caroline Kragelund, and Per Halkjær Nielsen8. Combination of Fluorescence in situ Hybridization with Different Extracellular Staining Techniques for Ecophysiological Analysis of Microorganisms in Complex Microbial SystemsJeppe Lund Nielsen, Caroline Kragelund, and Per Halkjær Nielsen9. Applications of DNA-Stable Isotope Probing in Bioremediation StudiesYin Chen, Jyotsna Vohra, and J. Colin Murrell10. Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis: Discovering Bio-Molecules for Environmental Bioremediation Om V. Singh and Anuj K. Chandel11. The Application of Molecular Techniques to the Study of Wastewater Treatment SystemsIrena Wojnowska-Baryla, Agnieszka Cydzik-Kwiatkowska, and Magdalena Zielinska12. Plasmid-Mediated Bioaugmentation of Wastewater MicrobialCommunities in a Laboratory Scale Bioreactor Stephan Bathe and Martina Hausner13. The Role of Decision Support for Bioremediation Strategies, Exemplified by Hydrocarbons for in site and ex situ ProceduresElizabeth E. Diplock, Dave P. Mardlin, Kenneth S. Killham, and Graeme I. Paton14. Monitored Natural Attenuation Kirsten S. Jørgensen, Jani M. Salminen, and Katarina Björklöf15. Application of Bioassays for the Ecotoxicity Assessment of Contaminated SoilsMaría D. Fernández, Mar Babin, and José V. Tarazona16. Community Level Physiological ProfilingKela P. Weber and Raymond L. Legge