Volume 10 on Special Processes completes the Second Edition of the Biotechnology series providing an overview on innovative and special fields of biotechnology. In the other volumes of the series many larger areas of biotechnology are treated with respect to principal aspects, while Volume 10 covers more specialized topics.
Areas which are anticipated to have a highly promising future are nanobiotechnology, bioelectrochemical fuel cells, bacteriorhodopsin and other substances used as information systems.
Further fields - although small - are of current importance such as marine biotechnology, biotechnology in phytopathology, biotechnology with extremophiles, and biotechnology with protozoa.
Volume 10 enables the reader to access these and further special fields of biotechnology. The proven quality of extensive references provides a good basis to gain further insight into the fields.
Content:
Chapter 1 Bioelectrochemical Fuel Cells (pages 5โ23): Dieter Sell
Chapter 2 Maintenance of Cell Cultures?with Special Emphasis on Eukaryotic Cells (pages 26โ40): Claudia Bardouille
Chapter 3 New Methods of Screening in Biotechnology (pages 41โ60): Klaus Frobel and Susanne Metzger
Chapter 4 Biocatalysis under Extreme Conditions (pages 61โ103): Costanzo Bertoldo, Ralf Grote and Garabed Antranikian
Chapter 5 Biotechnology with Cyanobacteria and Microalgae (pages 105โ136): Otto Pulz, Karl Scheibenbogen and Wolfgang Gro?
Chapter 6 Biotechnology with Protozoa (pages 137โ149): Arno Tiedtke
Chapter 7 Biotechnology of Coal (pages 152โ189): Jurgen Klein, Rene Fakoussa, Udo Holker, Martin Hofrichter, Helmut Schmiers, Christoph Sinder and Alexander Steinbuchel
Chapter 8 Microbial Leaching of Metals (pages 191โ224): Helmut Brandl
Chapter 9 Accumulation and Transformation of Metals by Microorganisms (pages 225โ264): Geoffrey M. Gadd
Chapter 10 Microbial Corrosion and its Inhibition (pages 265โ316): Wolfgang Sand
Chapter 11 Vitamins and Related Compounds: Microbial Production (pages 318โ340): Sakayu Shimizu
Chapter 12 Biochemistry of Polyketide Synthases (pages 341โ372): Rajesh S. Gokhale and Dipika Tuteja
Chapter 13 Biotechnological Production of Terpenoid Flavor and Fragrance Compounds (pages 373โ422): Jens Schrader and Ralf G. Berger
Chapter 14 New Degradable Resins (pages 423โ438): Alexander Steinbuchel
Chapter 15 Marine Biotechnology (pages 440โ484): Ulrike Lindequist and Thomas Schweder
Chapter 16 Biotechnology in Plant Protection (pages 485โ506): Frank Niepold and Klaus Rudolph
Chapter 17 Biotechnology in Space (pages 507โ521): Heide Schnabl
Chapter 18 Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry (pages 523โ546): Liisa Viikari, Mana Tenkanen and Anna Suurnakki
Chapter 19 Microencapsulation?Based Cell Therapy (pages 547โ571): Ulrich Zimmermann, Hubert Cramer, Anette Jork, Frank Thurmer, Heiko Zimmermann, Gunter Fuhr, Christian Hasse and Matthias Rothmund
Chapter 20 Comments on Other Fields of Biotechnology (pages 573โ586): Hans?Jurgen Rehm