SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA IN BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT WASTEWATERS -- SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA IN BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT WASTEWATERS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY -- 1.2. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANAEROBIC PROCESSES -- 2. ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA (SRB) -- 2.1. ENVIRONMENTS OF OCCURRENCE -- 2.2. METABOLIC PROCESSES CARRIED BY SRB -- 2.3. SRB ISOLATION AND CULTURE METHODS -- 3. APPLICATION OF SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA IN BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS -- 3.1. CHARACTERISTICS OF WASTEWATER IN ANAEROBIC TREATMENT -- 3.2. BIOTRANSFORMATION OF SOLID WASTE IN ORGANIC WASTEWATER -- 3.3. REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM INORGANIC WASTEWATER -- 3.4. CO-EXISTENCE AND COMPETITIONS BETWEEN OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS UNDER ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS -- 3.5. BIOLOGICAL METHODS OF SULPHIDE TREATMENT - BY-PRODUCTS OF SULPHATE REDUCTION (PHOTOSYNTHESIZING AND CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA) -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.