1. Preface

   EditorialNotes Pages: v - v

2. The environment, microbes and bioremediation: microbial activities modulated by the environment

   • Dayna Daubaras
   • A. M. Chakrabarty

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 135

3. Molecular methods for environmental monitoring and containment of genetically engineered microorganisms

   • Ronald M. Atlas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 146

4. Mercury biotransformations and their potential for remediation of mercury contamination

   • Tamar Barkay
   • Ralph Turner
   • Joanne Horn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 159

5. Interactions of bacteria with cadmium

   • Eliora Z. Ron
   • Dror Minz
   • Eugene Rosenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 170

6. The cellulose paradox: pollutant par excellence and/or a reclaimable natural resource?

   • Edward A. Bayer
   • Raphael Lamed

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 188

7. Utilization of lignocellulosic waste by the edible mushroom, Pleurotus

   • Yitzhak Hadar
   • Zohar Kerem
   • Orly Ardon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 205

8. Delignification of wood pulp by a thermostable xylanase from Bacillus stearothermophilus strain T-6

   • Yuval Shoham
   • Zeev Schwartz
   • Eugene Rosenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 218

9. Biotechnology in the degradation and utilization of lignocellulose

   • Paul Broda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 238

10. The use of natural bacterial populations for the treatment of sulphur-containing wastewater

    • J. G. Kuenen
    • L. A. Robertson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 254

11. Transformations of ammonia and the environmental impact of nitrifying bacteria

    • Aharon Abeliovich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 264

12. Versatility of soil column experiments to study biodegradation of halogenated compounds under environmental conditions

    • Jan Roelof van der Meer
    • Tom N. P. Bosma
    • Alexander J. B. Zehnder

    OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 284

13. Bacterial PCB biodegradation

    • Alfred W. Boyle
    • Christopher J. Silvin
    • S. W. Tanenbaum

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 298

14. Biodegradation of haloalkanes

    • Shimshon Belkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 313

15. Oil spill bioremediation: experiences, lessons and results from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska

    • P. H. Pritchard
    • J. G. Mueller
    • J. A. Glaser

    OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 335

16. Petroleum bioremediation — a multiphase problem

    • Eugene Rosenberg
    • Rachel Legmann
    • Eliora Z. Ron

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 350

17. Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    • Carl E. Cerniglia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 368

18. Biological degradation of explosives and chemical agents

    • John E. Walker
    • David L. Kaplan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 385

19. Microbial degradation of pollutants at high salt concentrations

    • Aharon Oren
    • Peter Gurevich
    • Yigal Henis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 398