Microbial biotechnology : progress and trends / edited by Farshad Darvishi Harzevili, Hongzhang Chen. -- Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]. – (58.696/M626) |
Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Editors xi
Contributors
xiii
Chapter I
Microbial biotechnology: An introduction
1
Chapter 2
Screening of microbial metabolites and bioactive components 9
Chapter 3
Metagenomics as advanced screening methods for novel microbial
metabolites 43
Chapter 4
Genetic engineering of nonconventional yeasts for the production of valuable
compounds 63
Chapter 5 Induced anhydrobiosis: Powerful method
for preservation of industrial microorganisms
113
Chapter 6
Recent developments in solid-state fermentation: Chinese herbs as
substrate 131
Chapter 7
Microbial biofuels production 155
Chapter 8
Microbial production of organic acids
169
Chapter 9
Microbial amino acids production
187
Chapter 10 Probiotics: The possible alternative to
disease chemotherapy 213
Chapter 11 Microbial healthcare products 239
Chapter 12 Microbial biomass production 279
Chapter 13 Microbial biofertilizers and their
pilot-scale production 297
Chapter 14 Bacterial biocontrol agents 317
Chapter 15 Microbial biodegradation of polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons 331
Index 351