Designed for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and environmental professionals, this book builds upon the tremendous success of the previous editions with a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of environmental microbiology as a discipline that has greatly expanded in scope and [...]

Describes experiments which cover assays of microbial pathogens - bacteria, viruses, and protozoan parasites - used in food and water quality control as well as an exercise in applied bioremediation of contaminants in water. This book includes applications of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for [...]