Scientific foundations of bioremediation current status and future needs
In addition, Carol Colgan and Peggy McNult, Academy Staff, worked many long hours to ensure the success of the meeting. Most importantly, the Academy owes a debt of gratitude to all those colloquium participants who gave so graciously of their time and expertise to bring this project to a successful...
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| Summary: | In addition, Carol Colgan and Peggy McNult, Academy Staff, worked many long hours to ensure the success of the meeting. Most importantly, the Academy owes a debt of gratitude to all those colloquium participants who gave so graciously of their time and expertise to bring this project to a successful conclusion. This document represents their ideas, advice and recommendations, an effort of which they can be proud. Rita R. Colwell Chair, Board of Governors American Academy of Microbiology The colloquium undertook as its charge to gather together a group of internationally recognized experts in the multidisciplinary fields which have an impact on bioremediation. The group of experts which was brought together evaluated the current state and future needs of the science underlying the technology of bioremediation. An excellent consensus was derived as to the currently available information and that which should be gathered to ensure progress in bioremediation as a scientifically based alternative for dealing with the problems of environmental pollution. The findings of this colloquium will be of great value to governmental agencies and certainly will serve scientists in the field of environmental biotechnology well as a seminal document for the rapidly developing field. The American Academy of Microbiology wishes to thank David Gibson and Gary Sayler for organizing and conducting an outstanding meeting. The proceedings of the colloquium on the "Scientific Foundations of Bioremediation: Current Status and Future Needs" represents a continuation of a newly-initiated program of the American Academy of Microbiology to provide summary statements on timely and important scientific issues for scientists, specifically those issues with broad implications for society at large. The colloquium represents a convergence of recognition of a need for an evaluation of the scientific underpinning of bioremediation, a subject of intense public interest, and a need for bioremediation to be applied to problems of pollution such as that arising from the recent oil spill in Alaska. A request from the Public and Scientific Affairs Board of the American Society for Microbiology for a document addressing the scientific foundations of bioremediation served as the galvanizing force for initiating the colloquium. |
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| Item Description: | "A report from the American Academy of Microbiology"--P. 5. - "This report is based on an American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium held April 10-12, 1992 in Iowa City, Iowa. the colloquium was supported by the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and General Electric Corporation"--Cover verso. - "Prepared by: David T. Gibson and Gary S. Sayler"--P. 5 |
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