CE 3231 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science

Readings for Next Class:

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Introduction Chemistry, Microbiology & Material Balance Water & Air Pollution Env Risk Management

Applied Microbiology

Now that we covered the basics of microbiology, we can begin to examine examples of how microbiology is applied within environmental engineering practice. In today’s lecture we will discuss five examples of applied microbiology.

Lecture 13Applied Microbiology

(Microbiology IV)

Example 1: Wastewater Treatment

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7091/images/441277a-i2.0.jpg

Example 2: Alternative Energy

www.scribemedia.org

Example 3: Remediation

From the following article:Microbial perchlorate reduction:

rocket-fuelled metabolismJohn D. Coates & Laurie A. Achenbach

Nature Reviews Microbiology 2, 569-580

Example 4: Harmful Algal Blooms & Water Quality

Algal Blooms

Example 5: Water-borne disease

Vibrio cholerae

Shigella dysenteriae – electron micrograph in envelope within epithelial cell

http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/Shigella.gif

Cholera in Haiti

Escherichia coli

Hepatitis A

Giardia lamblia

Cryptosporidium

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