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Industrial Biotechnology

Products and Processes

by Sang Yup Lee, Jens Nielsen, Gregory Stephanopoulos
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016

The latest volume in the Advanced Biotechnology series provides an overview of the main product classes and platform chemicals produced by biotechnological processes today, with applications in the food, healthcare and fine chemical industries. Alongside the production of drugs and flavors as well...
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Extremophiles

From Biology to Biotechnology

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Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018

Highly recommended by CHOICE, Oct 2018 Extremophiles are nature’s ultimate survivors, thriving in environments ranging from the frozen Antarctic to abyssal hot hydrothermal vents. Their lifeforms span bacteria to fishes, and are categorized as halophiles from hypersaline environments, acidophiles...
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Bioprocess Engineering

An Introductory Engineering and Life Science Approach

by Kim Gail Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013

Biotechnology is an expansive field incorporating expertise in both the life science and engineering disciplines. In biotechnology, the scientist is concerned with developing the most favourable biocatalysts, while the engineer is directed towards process performance, defining conditions and strategies...
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by Jean Berthier, Kenneth A. Brakke, Erwin Berthier
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016

Open microfluidics or open-surface is becoming fundamental in scientific domains such as biotechnology, biology and space. First, such systems and devices based on open microfluidics make use of capillary forces to move fluids, without any need for external energy. Second, the “openness” of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2002

This book covers both basic and applied sciences in a rather specified area of pulp and paper manufacture. The basic science of lignocellulose enzymology and plant genetics is covered also in many other contexts, whereas the application of biotechnology in process and product development is thoroughly...
Cover of Bioluminescence: Fundamentals and Applications in Biotechnology - Volume 2
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Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014

This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The aim is to cover all aspects of this interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science. Volumes...
Cover of Thermophilic Microbes in Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology
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Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013

The existence of life at high temperatures is quiet fascinating. At elevated temperatures, only microorganisms are capable of growth and survival. Many thermophilic microbial genera have been isolated from man-made (washing machines, factory effluents, waste streams and acid mine effluents) and natural...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017

This book provides in-depth insights into the biology, taxonomy, genetics, physiology and biotechnological applications of Actinobacteria. It especially focuses on the latter, reviewing the wide variety of actinobacterial bioactive molecules and their benefits for diverse industrial applications such...
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The Recombinant University

Genetic Engineering and the Emergence of Stanford Biotechnology

by Doogab Yi
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015

The advent of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s was a key moment in the history of both biotechnology and the commercialization of academic research. Doogab Yi’s The Recombinant University draws us deeply into the academic community in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the technology was developed...
Cover of Encyclopaedia of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
by A. K. Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014

Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within, and relating to, living organisms. By controlling information flow through biochemical signalling and the flow of chemical energy through metabolism, biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of...
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Blue Biotechnology

Production and Use of Marine Molecules

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Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2018

With its integral treatment of ecosystem and resource management, this is the only overview of the field to address current thinking and future trends. All contributions have been written with the novice in mind, explaining the basics and highlighting recent developments and achievements. Unmatched...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017

Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field encompassing microbiology, bichemistry, genetics, molecular biology, chemistry, immunology, cell and tissue culture physiology. This book describes the recent developments in these areas. Current research topics such as Quorum sensing, Integrons, Phytomining...
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by Mukul Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017

Fruits are a major source of fibre, nutrients, and antioxidants; all essential for a healthy diet. Fruit crops play a key role in the economy of both developed and developing countries, and as such, efforts have been made to improve the quality of these crops using both conventional breeding and genetic...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015

The reference presents detailed research on the olive (Olea europaea) and the stone fruit. Readers will learn about the biotechnology, plant nutrition, plant breeding, pomology, postharvest physiology, plant pathology of these two plant species. In a practical sense, the book also presents applicable...
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