Modern Microbiology and Biotechnology discusses to basis for the selection of raw materials and organisms used in industrial microbiology and biotechnology, fermentors and their use, strain development including genetic engineering of plants, animals and microorganisms, metabolic engineering, drug discovery in microbial metabolites, the manufacture of antibiotics, ergot alkaloids, amino acids, rhizobium inoculants, microbial insecticides, industrial alcohol, alcoholic beverages world-wide, and vinegar.

Contents

1. Introduction: Scope of Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
2. Some Microorganisms Commonly Used in Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
3. Aspects of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics of Relevance in Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
4. Industrial Media and the Nutrition of Industrial Organisms
5. Metabolic Pathways for the Biosynthesis of Industrial Microbiology Products
6. Overproduction of Metabolites of Industrial Microorganisms
7. Screening for Productive Strains and Strain Improvement in Biotechnological Organisms
8. The Preservation of the Gene Pool in Industrial Organisms: Culture Collections
9. Fermentors and Fermentor Operation
10. Extraction of Fermentation Products
11. Sterility in Industrial Microbiology
12. Production of Beer
13. Production of Wines and Spirits
14. Production of Vinegar
15. Single Cell Protein (SCP)
16. Yeast Production
17. Production of Mircobial Insecticides
18. The Manufacture of Rhizobium Inoculants
19. Production of Fermented Foods
20. Production of Organic Acids and Industrial Alcohol
21. Production of Amino Acids by Fermentation
22. Biocatalysts: Immobilized Enzymes and Immobilized Cells
23. Mining Microbiology: Ore Leaching (Bioleaching) by Microorganisms
24. Productionof Antibiotics and Anti-Tumor Agents
25. Productionof Ergot Alkaloids
26. Microbial Transformation and Steroids and Sterols
27. Vaccines
28. Drug Discovery in Microbial Metabolites: The Search for Microbial Products with Bioactive Properties
29. Treatment of Wastes in Industry

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