Specialist Group on Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering - IWA

Microbial Ecology of Activated SludgeEditors: Robert Seviour & Per H NielsenISBN: 9781843390329September 2010 • 688 pages • HardbackIWA members price: £ 93.75 / US$ 168.75 / € 126.56http://www.iwapublishing.com/template.cfm?name=isbn1843390329Microbial Ecology of Activated Sludge, written for both microbiologists and engineers,critically reviews our current understanding of the microbiology of activated sludge, themost commonly used process for treating both domestic and industrial wastes. Thecontributors are all internationally recognized as leading research workers in activatedsludge microbiology, and all have made valuable contributions to our presentunderstanding of the process. The book pays particular attention to how the applicationof molecular methods has changed our perceptions of the identity of the filamentousbacteria causing the operational disorders of bulking and foaming, and the bacteriaresponsible for nitrification and denitrification and phosphorus accumulation in nutrientremoval processes.Special attention is given to how it is now becoming possible to relate the compositionof the community of microbes present in activated sludge, and the in situ function ofindividual populations there, and how such information might be used to manage andcontrol these systems better. Detailed descriptions of some of these molecular methodsare provided to allow newcomers to this field of study an opportunity to apply them intheir research. Comprehensive descriptions of organisms of interest and importance arealso given, together with high quality photos of activated sludge microbes.-----________________________________________________________________________________________________________IWA <strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> on Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering:17Newsletter July 2011