Microbial biotechnology : principles and applications / editor, Lee Yuan Kun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lee, Y. K. (Yuan Kun)

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbial biotechnology.

Biotechnology.

Microbiology.

Medical Subjects:

Biotechnology.

Microbiology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 794 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2006.

Summary:

In the second edition of this bestselling textbook, new materials have been added, including a new chapter on real time 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Principles of Microbial Biotechnology 1

Chapter 1 Screening for Microbial Products / Alex Y. L. Teo, Hai Meng Tan 3

Chapter 2 Bioprocess Technology / Yuan Kun Lee 23

Chapter 3 Enzymology / Theresa May Chin Tan 73

Chapter 4 Manipulation of Genes / Azlinda Anwar, Heng-Phon Too, Kim Lee Chua 93

Chapter 5 Applications of Bioinformatics and Biocomputing to Microbiological Research / Paxton Loke, Tiow Suan Sim 169

Chapter 6 Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Heng-Phon Too, Azlinda Anwar 199

Part II Food Production Involving Microorganisms and Their Products 221

Annex: Regulation of Foods Involving Genetically Engineered Microorganisms / Desmond K. O'Toole, Yuan Kun Lee 222

Chapter 7 Fermented Foods / Desmond K. O'Toole, Yuan Kun Lee 227

Chapter 8 Food Involving Yeast and Ethanol Fermentation / Desmond K. O'Toole, Yuan Kun Lee 293

Chapter 9 Fungal Solid State Cultivation / Desmond K. O'Toole 335

Chapter 10 Food Ingredients / Desmond K. O'Toole, Yuan Kun Lee 351

Chapter 11 Enzyme Modified Food Products / Desmond K. O'Toole, Yuan Kun Lee 375

Part III Microbes in Agrobiotechnology 389

Chapter 12 Microbes and Livestock / Jimmy Kwang 391

Chapter 13 Transgenic Plants / Jian-Wei Liu 461

Part IV Microbes in Medical Biotechnology 537

Chapter 14 Diagnostic Clinical Microbiology / Vincent T. K. Chow, Tim J. J. Inglis, Keang Peng Song 539

Chapter 15 Microbes: Friends or Foes? / Vincent T. K. Chow, Tim J. J. Inglis, Keang Peng Song 593

Part V Microbes in Environmental Biotechnology 623

Chapter 16 Municipal Wastewater Treatment / Lee Man Chu, P. K. Wong 625

Chapter 17 Industrial Wastewater Treatment / P. K. Wong, Lee Man Chu 667

Chapter 18 Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Treatment / P. K. Wong, Lee Man Chu 701

Annex: Regulatory Issues on Application of Natural and Genetic Engineered Microbes in Environmental Biotechnology / P. K. Wong, Lee Man Chu 725

Part VI Microbes in Alternative Energy 729

Chapter 19 Microorganisms and Production of Alternative Energy / Yuan Kun Lee 731

Part VII Patenting Microbial Biotechnology 747

Chapter 20 Patenting Inventions in Microbiology / John Candlish 749.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9812566775

9812566767

OCLC:

71246673