Subsections
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- Introduction to Environmental Microbiology.
- Metabolic classification of microorganisms; Bacterial growth under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
- Microbial ecology and diversity in various environments such as earth (surface soils and subsurface zones), air (aeromicrobiology), aquatic (freshwater and marine), and extreme environments (e.g., deep-sea hydrothermal vents, hot springs, acid mine drainage systems)
- Role of microorganisms in geochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, sulphur and iron.
- Microbiological aspects of drinking water and water distribution systems: Drinking water quality parameters and regulations; Groundwater and surface water contamination; Indicator microorganisms; Waterborne pathogens; Drinking water treatment; Disinfection.
- Microbiology of wastewater treatment: municipal/sewage wastewater treatment; aerobic and anaerobic processes; Microorganisms for metal removal and oil spill remediation.
- Role of microorganisms in green-house gas emissions.
- Ian L. Pepper, C. P. Gerba and T. J. Gentry, Environmental Microbiology, 3rd edition, Elsevier Academic press (2014).
- G. Bitton, Wastewater Microbiology, 3rd edition, Willey (2005).
- D. Mara and N. Horan, Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology, Academic press (2003).