Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Production, Isolation and Purification of Industrial Products provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, focusing on industrial biotechnology and bioengineering practices for the production of industrial products, such as enzymes, organic acids, biopolymers, and biosurfactants, and the processes for isolating and purifying them from a production medium.

During the last few years, the tools of molecular biology and genetic and metabolic engineering have rendered tremendous improvements in the production of industrial products by fermentation. Structured by industrial product classifications, this book provides an overview of the current practice, status, and future potential for the production of these agents, along with reviews of the industrial scenario relating to their production.

• Provides information on industrial bioprocesses for the production of microbial products by fermentation
• Includes separation and purification processes of fermentation products
• Presents economic and feasibility assessments of the various processes and their scaling up
• Links biotechnology and bioengineering for industrial process development

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Part 1 Industrial and Therapeutic Enzymes 1. Amyloltic Enzymes: Alpha Amylase 2. Amylolytic Enzymes: Glucoamyalse 3. Pectinolytic enzymes 4. Cellulases 5. Industrial enzymes: Beta-glucosidases 6. Industrial enzymes: Xylanases 7. Proteolytic enzymes 8. Lipolytic enzymes 9. Laccases 10. Peroxidases 11. Therapeutic enzymes: L-Glutaminase 12. Therapeutic Enzymes: L-Asparaginases 13. Industrial & Therapeutic Enzymes- Penicillin acylase

Other Enzymes 14. Other Enzymes: Phytases 15. Chitinases 16. a-GALACTOSIDASES 17. B-GALACTOSIDASES 18. Inulinases 19. Keratinases 20. Tannases 21. Microbial Aminopeptidases 22. Nattokinases 23. Polysaccharide lyases Part 2 Organic Acids 24. Production and application of lactic acid 25. Production and application of citric acid 26. Gluconic acid 27. Production and applications of succinic acid Part 3 Biopolymers/Other Products 28. Production and application of polylactides (PLA) 29. Production and application of polyalkynotes (PHA) 30. Production and application of polyglutamic acid (PGA) 31. Production and application of 1,3 propanediol 32. Biodegradation of biopolymers 33. Production of fungal spores for biological control Part 4 Products Isolation and Purification 34. Approaches for the isolation and purification of fermentation products 35. Cell disruption and isolation of intra-cellular products