Modern Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Description

Industrial microbiology is primarily associated with the commercial exploitation of microorganisms, and involves processes and products that are of major economic, environmental and gregarious consequentiality throughout the world. Microbiology is a basic subject which is a sub section of biology. It deals with the life cycles and behaviour of microbes (bacteria/fungi etc.). Biotechnology is a wider subject and covers most of the microbiology in it. Some easily understandable examples from biotech are mutation, breeding and cloning. Bioprocess technology is an extension of ancient techniques for developing useful pro-ducts by taking advantage of natural biological activities such as production of enzymes (used, for example, in food processing and waste management) and antibiotics. Use of living material offers several advantages over con-ventional chemical methods of production. This book is directed towards undergraduates and beginning graduate students in microbiology, food science and chemical engineering. Those studying pharmacy, biochemistry and general biology will find it of interest. The field of industrial microbiology involves a thorough knowledge of the microbial physiology behind the processes in the large-scale, profit-oriented production of microbe-related goods which are the subject of the field.