Microbiology for environmental scientists and engineers
By Anthony F. Gaudy, Jr., Elizabeth T. Gaudy.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c1980.
- xvi, 736 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- McGraw-Hill series in water resources and environmental engineering .
The life-support system; Technological control of water quality; Chemical composition of cells and the nature of organic matter; The microorganism; Nutrition and growth conditions as selective agents in natural populations; Quantitative description of growth; Energy generation and utilization in biological systems; Metabolic classification of microorganisms; The central pathways of metabolism; Aerobic metabolism; Anaerobic metabolism; Control of metabolic reactions; Response to changes in the environment; Pathogenic microorganisms in the environment