This thoroughly revised educational resource presents the biological principles that underlie
modern microbiological treatment technologies. Written by two of the field's foremost …

Global warming can be slowed, and perhaps reversed, only when society replaces fossil
fuels with renewable, carbon‐neutral alternatives. The best option is bioenergy: the sun's …

We present a critical review of the relationships among three microbial products: extracellular
polymeric substances (EPS), soluble microbial products (SMP), and inert biomass. Up to …

Microorganisms in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are essential for water purification
to protect public and environmental health. However, the diversity of microorganisms and …

Recent evidence suggests that the microbial community in the human intestine may play an
important role in the pathogenesis of obesity. We examined 184,094 sequences of microbial …

A hierarchical set of five 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide DNA probes for phylogenetically
defined groups of autotrophic ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria was developed for …

Eight oligonucleotides which are complementary to conserved tracts of 16S rRNA from
phylogenetically defined groups of methanogens were designed and characterized for use as …

Obesity results from alterations in the body's regulation of energy intake, expenditure, and
storage. Recent evidence, primarily from investigations in animal models, suggests that the …

A steady‐state biofilm is defined as one that has neither net growth nor decay over time. The
model, developed for steady‐state‐biofilm kinetics with a single substrate, couples the flux …

In microbial fuel cells and electrolysis cells (MXCs), anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) oxidize
organic substrates to produce electrical current. In order to develop an electrical current, …