Microbial Biotechnology : Principles and Applications

by Kun, Lee Yuan

• ISBN13: 9789812566775
• ISBN10: 9812566775
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

In the second edition of this bestselling textbook, new materials have been added, including a new chapter on real polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) and a chapter on fungal solid state cultivation. There already exist a number of excellent general textbooks on microbiology and biotechnology that deal with the basic principles of microbial biotechnology. To complement them, this book focuses on the various applications of microbial-biotechnological principles. A teaching-based format is adopted, whereby working problems, as well as answers to frequently asked questions, supplement the main text. The book also includes real life examples of how the application of microbial-biotechnological principles has achieved breakthroughs in both research and industrial production. Although written for polytechnic students and undergraduates, the book contains sufficient information to be used as a reference for postgraduate students and lecturers. It may also serve as a resource book for corporate planners, managers and applied research personnel. Contents: Principles of Microbial Biotechnology; Food Production Involving Microorganisms and Their Products; Microbes in Agrobiotechnology; Microbes in Medical Biotechnology; Microbes in Environmental Biotechnology; Microbes in Alternative Energy; Patenting Microbial Biotechnology. Readership: Primary Market: Undergraduates and teachers of tertiary institutions. Can also be used as a reference book for industry (corporate planners, managers and applied research personnel).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	v
Preface	ix
Part I Principles of Microbial Biotechnology	1	(220)
Screening for Microbial Products	3	(20)
Alex Y. L. Teo
Hai Meng Tan
Bioprocess Technology	23	(50)
Yuan Kun Lee
Enzymology	73	(20)
Theresa May Chin Tan
Manipulation of Genes	93	(76)
Azlinda Anwar
Heng-Phon Too
Kim Lee Chua
Applications of Bioinformatics and Biocomputing to Microbiological Research	169	(30)
Paxton Loke
Tiow Suan Sim
Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction	199	(22)
Heng-Phon Too
Azlinda Anwar
Part II Food Production Involving Microorganisms and Their Products	221	(168)
Annex Regulation of Foods Involving Genetically Engineered Microorganisms	222	(5)
Desmond K. O'Toole
Yuan Kun Lee
Fermented Foods	227	(66)
Desmond K. O'Toole
Yuan Kun Lee
Food Involving Yeast and Ethanol Fermentation	293	(42)
Desmond K. O'Toole
Yuan Kun Lee
Fungal Solid State Cultivation	335	(16)
Desmond K. O'Toole
Food Ingredients	351	(24)
Desmond K. O'Toole
Yuan Kun Lee
Enzyme Modified Food Products	375	(14)
Desmond K. O'Toole
Yuan Kun Lee
Part III Microbes in Agrobiotechnology	389	(148)
Microbes and Livestock	391	(70)
Jimmy Kwang
Transgenic Plants	461	(76)
Jian-Wei Liu
Part IV Microbes in Medical Biotechnology	537	(86)
Diagnostic Clinical Microbiology	539	(54)
Vincent T. K. Chow
Tim J. J. Inglis
Keang Peng Song
Microbes: Friends or Foes?	593	(30)
Vincent T. K. Chow
Tim J. J. Inglis
Keang Peng Song
Part V Microbes in Environmental Biotechnology	623	(106)
Municipal Wastewater Treatment	625	(42)
Lee Man Chu
P. K. Wong
Industrial Wastewater Treatment	667	(34)
P. K. Wong
Lee Man Chu
Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Treatment	701	(28)
P. K. Wong
Lee Man Chu
Annex Regulatory Issues on Application of Natural and Genetic Engineered Microbes in Environmental Biotechnology	725	(4)
P. K. Wong
Lee Man Chu
Part VI Microbes in Alternative Energy	729	(18)
Microorganisms and Production of Alternative Energy	731	(16)
Yuan Kun Lee
Part VII Patenting Microbial Biotechnology	747	(20)
Patenting Inventions in Microbiology	749	(18)
John Candlish
Index	767