Environmental Biotechnology '96

Retention and expression of recombinant plasmids in suspended and biofilm-bound bacteria degrading trichloroethene (TCE) (J.D. Bryers, R.R. Sharp). Genes of enzymes involved in the biodegradation of carbazole, dibenzofuran, fluorene, and dibenzo- p -dioxin by bacteria (K. Kasuga et al. ). Mineralisation of 1,2-dibromoethane and other brominated aliphatics under aerobic conditions (L.M. Freitas dos Santos, A.G. Livingston). The role of a metabolic intermediate in the biodegradation of inhibitory substrates (P. Mungkarndee et al. ). Biocatalytic oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in media containing organic solvents (E. Torres et al. ). Degradation of benzo[ a ]pyrene, dibenz[ a,h ]anthracene and coronene by Burkholderia cepacia (A.L. Juhasz et al. ). Biodegradation of aniline (S.H. Gheewala, A.P. Annachhatre). N 2 O producing capability of Nitrosomonas europaea, Nitrobacter winogradskyi and Alcaligenes faecalis (Y. Inamori et al. ). Nitrogen removal from wastewater with high ammonia nitrogen concentration via shorter nitrification and denitrification (J. Surmacz-Gorska et al. ). Treatment of a milkpowder/butter wastewater using the AAO activated sludge configuration (M.J. Donkin, J.M. Russell). Application of enzymatic activity measurements to biological phosphate removal from wastewater (B. Czerska et al. ). The impact of microbiological tools on mathematical modelling of biological wastewater treatment (P.C. Pollard et al. ). Experimental evidence for the need of thermodynamic considerations in modelling of anaerobic environmental bioprocesses (C.-Y. Hoh, R. Cord-Ruwisch). A technique in confocal laser microscopy for establishing biofilm coverage and thickness (G. Silyn-Roberts, G. Lewis). Biotreatment of an industrial waste oil condensate (R. Bentham et al. ).