Environmental Microbiology: Current Technology and Water Applications

With contributions from a broad range of leading researchers, Environmental Microbiology: Current Technology and Water Applications focuses on current technology and its applications. Although aimed primarily at research scientists and graduate students in water microbiology, the topics and techniques are equally applicable to all branches of environmental microbiology. The initial chapters cover the concentration, detection, and characterization of microbes in drinking water. Other chapters are technology focused and cover topics, such as geochips and microarrays and their applications, Raman microspectroscopy and related single cell techniques, the use of amoebae hosts, bacteria and bacteriophage as bioreporters, viability of detected microbes, and fecal source tracking. Environmental Microbiology: Current Technology and Water Applications includes comparative tables and figures that address detection sensitivity, specificity, ease of use, and other criteria. The value of the book emanates from its explanation of the principles of techniques and the comparison of related techniques. In addition, the reader is introduced to key references and important web sites where further details of the technology can be found. This is an essential book for water microbiologists, environmental microbiologists, and regulators, as well as being recommended reading for other microbiologists and environmental scientists.