...In: Bioremediation: … Editors: Alexander C Mason ISBN: 978-1-61122-730-7 ©2010 Nova Science Publishers, Inc Chapter 10 BIOREMEDIATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS CONTAMINATED WITH HAZARDOUS COMPOUNDS... Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering, Athens, Greece ABSTRACT Intensive industrialization generates by-products or residues, which are usually hazardous (toxic and/or... mineralization of organic pollutants, leaving the ecosystem intact The most important factors for the success of this technology are the availability of suitable microbes in the contaminated medium,