
Introduction to microbes of sanitary importance 2 Viruses John Heritage 3 Bacteria Edward D Schroeder and Stefan Wuertz 4 Protozoa Nigel Horan 5 Filamentous fungi in water systems Graham Kinsey, Russell Paterson and Joan Kelley 6 Microbial flora of the gut B S Drasar 7 Faecal indicator organisms Duncan Mara 8 Detection, enumeration and identification of environmental microorganisms of public health significance Howard Kator and Martha Rhodes 9 Fundamentals of biological behaviour and wastewater strength tests M C Wentzel, George A Ekama and R E Loewenthal PART 1: BASIC MICROBIOLOGY 1 Microbial nutrition and basic metabolism E C S Chan Typeset by Aldens Printed and bound in Great Britain 03 04 05 06 07 08 BP 9 8 Academic Press An Imprint of Elsevier 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8RR, UK Academic Press An Imprint of Elsevier 525 B Street, Suite 1900 San Diego, California 92101-4495, USA ISBN 0-12-470100-0 Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2002114097 British Library Cataloguing in publication data Handbook of water and wastewater microbiology 1. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. This book is printed on acid-free paper Copyright q 2003 Elsevier All rights reserved.

Nigel Horan School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology Edited by Duncan Mara and
