Table of Contents
List of Contributors v
Preface ix
1 Reductive Dechlorination of Chloroethenes: From the Laboratory to Field-scale Investigations Federico Aulenta Mauro Majone Marco Petrangeli Papini Simona Rossetti Valter Tandoi 1
2 Bacterial Degradation of Cholesterol and Other Contaminant Steroids José L. García Iria Uhía Esther García Beatriz Galán 23
3 Organophosphorus Compound-degrading Bacteria and Enzymes, and their Application Katsumasa Abe Shouji Takahashi Yoshio Kera 45
4 Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons in Bioturbated Marine Sediments Philippe Cuny Cristiana Cravo-Laureau Vincent Grossi Franck Gilbert Cécile Militon 55
5 Hydrocarbon-degrading Soil Bacteria: Current Research Anna-Irini Koukkou Elpiniki Vandera 93
6 Bioremediation of PAH-contaminated Sites: From Pathways to Bioreactors Maria Pouli Spiros N. Agathos 119
7 Ring-hydroxylating Dioxygenases Involved in PAH Biodegradation: Structure, Function and Biodiversity Yves Jouanneau Florence Martin Serge Krivobok John C. Willison 149
8 Engineering Microbial Enzymes and Plants to Promote PCB Degradation in Soil: Current State of Knowledge Michel Sylvestre Jean-Patrick Toussaint 177
9 Catabolic Plasmids and Mobile Genetic Elements Involved in the Degradation of Non-metal Xenobiotic Compounds Amalia S. Afendra Maria Parapouli Constantin Drainas 197
10 Microbial Biodegradative Genes and Enzymes in Mineralization of Non-metal Pollutants Nazia Mojib Jack T. Trevors Asim K. Bej 217
11 Molecular Technologies for Analysis of Petroleum Bioremediation Yuki Kasai 233
12 Ex situ Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils: From Biopiles to Slurry-phase Bioreactors Nicolas Kalogerakis 253
Index 271