BIODEGRADATION

《生物降解》发表关于天然微生物株、微生物组合或重组生物体对化学品或废物的生物转化、矿化、解毒、回收、改良或处理的论文、评论和微型评论。涵盖范围广泛的主题，包括生物降解途径的生物化学;生物降解生物的遗传学与重组生物降解生物的研究生物降解微生物群落的分子生物学研究增强自然发生的生物降解性能和活性。生物降解和生物转化技术在土壤、水、污水、重金属和放射性核素、有机卤素、高cod废物、直链、支链和芳香烃等方面的新应用;覆盖范围扩展到设计和扩大实验室工艺和生物反应器系统。还提供了关于废物生物处理的经济和法律方面的文件。“废物处理”的论文可望包含以下一项或多项的新内容:(a)微生物学、(b)分子生物学、(c)生物化学、(d)生态学或(e)工程学。简单地报告一个新的隔离或流程，该流程执行与其他流程多次报告相同的操作是不够的。

Biodegradation publishes papers, reviews and mini-reviews on the biotransformation, mineralization, detoxification, recycling, amelioration or treatment of chemicals or waste materials by naturally-occurring microbial strains, microbial associations, or recombinant organisms.Coverage spans a range of topics, including Biochemistry of biodegradative pathways; Genetics of biodegradative organisms and development of recombinant biodegrading organisms; Molecular biology-based studies of biodegradative microbial communities; Enhancement of naturally-occurring biodegradative properties and activities. Also featured are novel applications of biodegradation and biotransformation technology, to soil, water, sewage, heavy metals and radionuclides, organohalogens, high-COD wastes, straight-, branched-chain and aromatic hydrocarbons; Coverage extends to design and scale-up of laboratory processes and bioreactor systems. Also offered are papers on economic and legal aspects of biological treatment of waste."Waste treatment" papers are expected to contain something novel as regards to one or more of the following: (a) microbiology, (b) molecular biology, (c) biochemistry, (d) ecology, or (e) engineering. The simple reporting of a new isolate or process that does the same thing as reported many times by others is not sufficient.