Everybody involved in biotechnology will appreciate having this volume at their fingertips. It contains the biological background material which is indispensable for the development of biotechnological processes and offers a unique collection of current information on the basic biology (ecology, taxonomy, biochemistry, physiology, and genetics) of industrially important organisms.
The first part of the book presents the biological aspects of cell structure, organization, and metabolism to obtain a better understanding of the general function of cells. The second part deals with a large assemblage of insustrially important organisms. All of this information will be a useful basis for those who suddenly find themselves working on a new biotechnological project.
Topics included are: Cell Structure/ Metabolism/ Growth of Microorganisms/ Metabolic Design/ Immobilized Organisms/ Methylotrophs/ Pseudomonads/ Yeasts/ Filamentous Fungi/ Bacteriophages/ Cell Cultures
Content:
Chapter 1 Cell Structure (pages 3โ46): Frank Mayer
Chapter 2 Metabolism (pages 47โ110): Reinhard Kramer and Georg Sprenger
Chapter 3 Growth of Microorganisms (pages 111โ162): Clemens H. Posten and Charles L. Cooney
Chapter 4 Overproduction of Metabolites (pages 163โ187): Oense M. Neijssel, M. Joost Teixeira de Mattos and David W. Tempest
Chapter 5 Metabolic Design (pages 189โ221): Hermann Sahm
Chapter 6 Special Morphological and Metabolic Behavior of Immobilized Microorganisms (pages 223โ248): Hans?Jurgen Rehm and Sanaa Hamdy Omar
Chapter 7 Methanogens (pages 249โ264): Helmut Konig
Chapter 8 Methylotrophs (pages 265โ284): Lubbert Dijkhuizen
Chapter 9 Clostridia (pages 285โ323): Hubert Bahl and Peter Durre
Chapter 10 Lactic Acid Bacteria (pages 325โ366): Michael Teuber
Chapter 11 Bacillus (pages 367โ400): Fergus G. Priest
Chapter 12 Pseudomonads (pages 401โ431): Georg Auling
Chapter 13 Streptomycetes and Corynebacteria (pages 433โ468): Wolfgang Piepersberg
Chapter 14 Yeasts (pages 469โ514): Jurgen X Heinisch and Cornelis P. Hollenberg
Chapter 15 Filamentous Fungi (pages 515โ542): Friedhelm Meinhardt and Karl Esser
Chapter 16 Bacteriophages (pages 543โ575): Heinrich Sandmeier and Jurg Meyer
Chapter 17 Plant Cell Cultures (pages 577โ614): Maike Petersen and August Wilhelm Alfermann