Index
Acetogenesis 193
Acidogenesis 179, 193
Acidophiles 54, 80
ACSACS 166
Actinomycetes 185, 261
Activated Sludge 115, 117
Acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) 228
Adenine 19 (fig)
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) 15
Aeration, of effluents 124–6
Agricultural benefits 249–53
Agrobacterium tumefaciens 225, 262–3,
274
Air pollution 72
Algae 163–8
Alkaliphiles 54, 271
Alkyl phenols 57
Anabolic pathways 18–19, 22
Anaerobes 15
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) 115, 129–34,
191–9
Annelids 185, 200–4
Aquatic phytosystems 154–68
Arabidopsis thalia 230
Archaea 12, 50, 274
Augmentation 82
Azobacter 259
Bacillus 254–6
B. thuringiensis(Bt) 227, 254
Bacterial transformation 14
Bacteriophages 60
Baculovirus 220, 221(fig), 223, 274
Binary division 14
Bioaccumulation 67, 95, 143, 146
Bioaugmentation 101–2, 215
Bio-bund 152–3
Biodiesel 247–9
Biodiversity 22, 54, 61, 155, 158, 276
Bioenergy 237–49
Bioenhancement 15, 101–2
Biofilms 14, 74, 127
Biofilters 72–3, 115, 127–9
Biogas 166, 199, 238–42
Biolistic bombardment 224
Biological Contactor, Rotating 136
Biological control 81–4, 255
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) 29,
113–4, 132
Biomass 85, 146, 158, 163–4, 205, 237
Bioplastics 208, 253
Bioscrubbers 75
Biosensors 12, 268, 273–4
Biosparging 102–3
Biosubstitution 84–6
Biosurfactants 25–6
Bioventing 103–4
Biowaste 173–5
Brush Aerator 125–6
BTEX 153
Bundled technologies 96C 3 and C 4 plants 43
Calvin Cycle 41
Carbohydrates 18 (fig), 27
Carbon Cycle 165
Carbon Dioxide 165–8, 176, 192
Carbon sequestration 165–8, 237–8, 249
Carbon to Nitrogen (C:N) Ratio 122–3,
184–5
Catabolic/metabolic pathways 22
expansion 56, 214
Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (CaMV)
226–63
cDNA libraries 218
Cell structure 13
Cellular/chemical energy 15, 28
Cellulose 28, 54, 174, 185
Cellulose Ion Exchange Media 138
Chemiosmotic Model 31
Chemotrophic cells 15
Ciliates and floc 131