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Environmental biotechnology has an exciting future.Environmental biotechnology is not an easy subject to cover, but therefore so much the more important that it should be. For years, the environmental technologies had a little too much tail wind because of the overwhelming sympathy for green solutions. This often led to misuse and discredit of the technologies among some end users. Environmental biotechnology has now fully regained its reputation, due to the hard work of skilled and dedicated scientists. Reliable documentation within a number of areas is rapidly accumulating, and new emerging approaches and tools are distinguishing the field. Environmental Biotechnology: Theory and Application covers both the basic fundamentals and biochemical processes involved, as well as the technologies themselves within different areas of application. As part of the framework, it also provides a thorough description of the character of pollution and pollution control, and there are chapters on more modern approaches to the subject, such as integrated environmental biotechnology and genetic tools – all in all a complete introduction to the study of environmental biotechnology. The purpose of this book is a straightforward one: to present a fair reflection of the practical biological approaches currently employed to address environmental problems, and to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the science that underpins them. In this respect, it differs very little from the ethos of our course at Durham and we are grateful to each successive wave of students for constantly reminding us of the importance of these two goals. In other ways, this work represents a major departure. The text falls into three main parts. The early chapters examine issues of the role and market for biotechnology in an environmental context, the essential biochemistry and microbiology which enables them to be met, and the fundamental themes of biological intervention. The technologies and applications themselves make up the central core of the book, both literally and figuratively and, fittingly, this is the largest part. Finally, aspects of integration and the future development of environmental biotechnology are addressed.