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The remarkable ability of microorganisms to exhibit diverse metabolic activities makes them ideal organisms for use in environmental biotechnology where it is often desirable to degrade or transform a large variety of chemicals. Bioremediation for example, aims to convert recalcitrant or toxic pollutants into simple non toxic compounds such as carbon dioxide and dinitrogen; processes that can only be mediated by microbial activity. What follows is a summary of these transformations; more detailed accounts can be found in the books referred to below.
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Wainwright, M. (1999). The Cycling of Elements in Relation to Environmental Biotechnology. In: An Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5251-2_3
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