Maintaining cultures for biotechnology and industry / edited by Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera, Angela Belt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunter-Cevera, Jennie C.

Belt, Angela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture media (Biology).

Biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1996.

Summary:

To retain their usefulness, cultures that manufacture economically valuable products must be uncontaminated, viable, and genetically stable. Maintaining Cultures for Biotechnology and Industry gives practical advice necessary to preserve and maintain cells and microorganisms important to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in ways that ensure they will continue to be able to synthesize those valuable metabolites. This book covers not just those strains currently being used but also those yet to be discovered and engineered.This text is essential for anyone working with c

Contents:

Front Cover; Maintaining Cultures for Biotechnology and Industry; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Biological Deposition Requirement; Introduction; Concerns Other Than Patentability; An Introduction to the Patent System; The Deposition Requirement; The Current Debate; Global Deposition Requirements; International Depository Authorities under the Budapest Treaty as of August 1991; References; Chapter 2. History and Evolution of Culture Maintenance and Preservation Techniques

Historical Review of Maintenance and Preservation Techniques for Microorganism StrainsUse of Microorganisms in Industry; Maintenance and Preservation of Microorganisms for Industrial Use; Improving Storage Techniques; A Prospect for the Future; References; Chapter 3. Algae; Background; Methods for Preservation; Future Needs and Directions; Culture Collections Which Maintain Algal Strains; References; Chapter 4. Preservation and Maintenance of Eubacteria; Eubacteria; Methodologies; Eubacteria Repositories; References; Chapter 5. Actinomycetes; Background; Methods for Preservation; References

Chapter 6. FungiBackground; Methods for Preservation; Special Methods and Considerations for Recombinant Fungal Vectors and Hosts; Culture Repositories; References; Chapter 7. Protozoa; Background; Methods for Preservation; Culture Repositories; References; Chapter 8. Animal Cells in Culture; Background; Methods for Preservation; Culture Repositories/National Cell Line Repositories; References; Chapter 9. Human and Animal Viruses; Background; Methods for Preservation; Virus Repositories; References; Chapter 10. Plant Germplasm; Background; Methods of Preservation; Information Sources

Culture RepositoriesReferences; Chapter 11. Plant Viruses and Viroids; Background; Methods for Preservation; Summary; References; Chapter 12. Characterization of Cultures Used for Biotechnology and Industry; Desirable Characteristics of Cultures; Quantification; Summary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-04652-3

9786611046521

0-08-053575-5

OCLC:

476104194