Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Microbial manganese (II) oxidation : a potential tool for treatment of metal-contaminated waters / Naoyuki Miyata and Yukinori Tani -- 2. Biological treatment for removal of iron, manganese, and arsenic from groundwater / Ichiro Suzuki and Danladi Mahuta Sahabi -- 3. Removal of selenium from wastewater using a selenium-reducing bacterium / Michihiko Ike and Satoshi Soda -- 4. Microbial reduction and mobilization of arsenic for bioremediation of contaminated soil / Shigeki Yamamura -- 5. Phytoremediation of boron polluted soil and water / Kazuhiro Mori and Motoyuki Asada -- 6. Phytoremediation of cadmium contaminated soil : acceleration of phytoremediation by combination use of chelating agents / Kazunari Sei -- 7. Phytoremediation for soils contaminated with heavy metals using the symbiosis between Astragalus Sinicus with rhizobia / Mitsuo Yamashita -- 8. Construction of yeast bioadsorbent by cell surface engineering / Kouichi Kuroda and Mitsuyoshi Ueda -- 9. Bioleaching of metals from solid waste incineration ash / Tomonori Ishigaki -- 10. Dissolution of precious metals from waste printed circuit boards by using bacteria / Tadashi Takemoto -- 11. Biosorption of uranium and/or thorium using microorganism / Takehiko Tsuruta -- 12. Characteristics of biogenous iron oxide microtubes formed by iron-oxidizing bacteria, Leptothrix Ochracea / Jun Takada and Hideki Hashimoto -- 13. Microbial formation of semiconductor nano-particles contained selenium or tellurium and metals / Toshifumi Sakaguchi -- 14. Biomachining-micromaching of metals by bacteria / Yoshiyuki Uno and Akira Okada -- 15. Biosensors for toxic heavy metals / Kazumasa Hirata and Hitoshi Miyasaka -- 16. Cell surface design for selective recovery of rare metal ions / Kouichi Kuroda and Mitsuyoshi Ueda -- 17. Bioinformatics tools for the next generation of metal biotechnology / Hideki Nakayama.

This book introduces various fields of metal biotechnology, emphasizing applications for the fields of environment conservation and resource recycling. The topics discussed include wastewater treatment and bioremediation technologies for hazardous metals making use of metal metabolism by microorganisms and other organisms; recovery and recycling of metals from drainage and waste sources; the biological synthesis and processing of new metallic materials and monitoring of metals for industrial uses; and bio-informatics in metal biotechnology. These topics are expected to be of great help for new.