This timely reference presents the state of the art of the emerging and rapidly changing field of bioremediation of chlorinated solvents, PCBs, and other chlorinated compounds, as well as PAHs, both in situ and on site. This landmark publication reports significant advances in bioremediation, with an emphasis on practical applications and state-of-the-art developments. Laboratory and field-oriented reviews are presented with the objective of tying treatability studies and recent laboratory developments to field applications. No other reference source gives you access to the most current techniques and methods for the bioremediation of chlorinated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds. This book represents the work of leading experts in the fields of in situ and on-site bioremediation from North America, Europe, and Asia. The chapters include current field applications and laboratory studies undertaken, in some cases, in countries with regulatory standards more stringent than those of the United States.

Table of Contents:
Degradation Kinetics of Chlorinated Solvents by a Propane-Oxidizing Enrichment Culture. A Field Evaluation of In Situ Microbial Reductive Dehalogenation by the Biotransformation of Chlorinated Ethenes. Bioremediation of Trichloroethylene-Contaminated Soils by a Methane-Utilizing Bacterium Methylocystis SP. M. Evaluating Trichloroethene Biodegradation by Measuring the In Situ Status and Activities of Microbial Populations. Constitutive Degradation of Trichloroethylene by an Altered Bacterium in a Gas-Phase Bioreactor. Biodegradation of Carbon Tetrachloride under Anoxic Conditions. Comparative Efficiency of Microbial Systems for Destroying Carbon Tetrachloride Contamination in Hanford Groundwater. Anaerobic Biotransformation and Transport of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Groundwater. In Situ Bioremediation at a Wood-Preserving Site in a Cold, Semi-Arid Climate: Feasibility and Field Pilot Design. Practicability of In Situ Bioremediation at a Wood-Preserving Site. Biological Treatability Studies on Surface Impoundment Sludge from a Chemical Manufacturing Facility. Effects of Different Hydropneumatic In Situ Remediation Systems. A Biotreatment-Train Approach to a PCP-Contaminated Site: In Situ Bioremediation Coupled with an Aboveground Bifar System Using Nitrate as the Electron Acceptor. Investigations on the Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Contaminated Soils. Bioremediation of Water and Soils Contaminated with Creosote: Suspension and Fixed-Film Bioreactors vs. Constructed Wetlands and Plowing vs. Solid Peroxygen Treatment. Relative Rates of Biodegradation of Biodegradation of Substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Pathways of Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil. Studies on the Microbial Ecology of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation. Degradation of Chlorinated Phenols and Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins by Phanerochaete Chrysosporium. Field Evaluations of the Remediation of Soils Contamina