Microbial processes : promising technologies for developing countries : report of an ad hoc panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Commission on International Relations, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science and Technology for International Development. Panel on Microbial Processes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial microbiology.

Technological innovations--Developing countries.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""MICROBIAL PROCESSES: Promising Technologies for Developing Countries""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""ORGANISMS INVOLVED IN MICROBIAL PROCESSES""; ""PHYSICOCHEMICAL FACTORS AFFECTING MICROBIAL GROWTH""; ""Temperature""; ""Acidity and Alkalinity""; ""Oxygen""; ""Osmotic Pressure""; ""NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MICROBIAL GROWTH""; ""RAW MATERIALS FOR MICROBIAL PROCESSES""; ""FOOD AND ANIMAL FEED""; ""SOIL MICROBES IN PLANT HEALTH AND NUTRITION""; ""NITROGEN FIXATION""; ""MICROBIAL INSECT CONTROL AGENTS""; ""FUEL AND ENERGY""

""WASTE TREATMENT AND UTILIZATION""""CELLULOSE CONVERSION""; ""ANTIBIOTICS AND VACCINES""; ""PURE CULTURES FOR MICROBIAL PROCESSES""; ""Chapter 1 Raw Materials for Microbial Processes""; ""TYPICAL RAW MATERIALS""; ""UNDERUTILIZED RAW MATERIALS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""References and Suggested Reading""; ""Research Contacts""; ""Chapter 2 Food and Animal Feed""; ""FOOD PRESERVATION""; ""Fish Sauce and Paste""; ""Acid Milks, Yogurt, and Cereal""; ""Indian Idli (Dosai)""; ""African Acidic Porridges""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""IMPROVING NUTRITIONAL VALUE""; ""LIMITATIONS""

""RESEARCH NEEDS""""PRODUCTION OF MEAT-LIKE FLAVORS""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""KOJI METHOD OF PRODUCING ENZYMES""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""INDONESIAN TEMPEH""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN PRODUCTION""; ""Yeasts""; ""Bacteria""; ""Fungi""; ""Algae""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""References and Suggested Reading""; ""Sources of Cultures""; ""Research Contacts""; ""Chapter 3 Soil Microbes in Plant Health and Nutrition""; ""MINERAL CYCLING BY SOIL MICROORGANISMS""; ""Inoculation""; ""MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI""

""ENDOMYCORRHIZAE OF CROP PLANTS AND FOREST TREES""""ECTOMYCORRHIZAE OF FOREST TREES""; ""BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SOIL-BORNE PATHOGENS""; ""References and Suggested Readings""; ""Research Contacts""; ""Chapter 4 Nitrogen Fixation""; ""SYMBIOTIC SYSTEMS""; ""Rhizobium-Leguminous Plant Associations""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""Frankia-Nonleguminous Plant Associations""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""Azolla-Anabaena Associations""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""ASYMBIOTIC FIXATION""; ""Blue-Green Algae""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""

""Free-Living Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria"" ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""References and Suggested Reading""; ""Research Contacts""; ""Chapter 5 Microbial Insect Control Agents""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF BIOINSECTICIDES""; ""Production Technology""; ""Safety and Specificity""; ""Efficacy""; ""BACTERIA""; ""Production""; ""Safety and Specificity""; ""Efficacy""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""VIRUSES""; ""Production""; ""Safety and Specificity""; ""Efficacy""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS""; ""PROTOZOA""; ""Production""; ""Safety and Specificity""; ""Efficacy""; ""LIMITATIONS"" ""RESEARCH NEEDS""

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Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

1-280-25755-5

OCLC:

58543857