Fermentation Microbiology and Biotechnology, 4th Edition explores and illustrates the broad array of metabolic pathways employed for the production of primary and secondary metabolites, as well as biopharmaceuticals. This updated and expanded edition addresses the whole spectrum of fermentation biotechnology, from fermentation kinetics and dynamics to protein and co-factor engineering. It also sheds light on the new strategies employed by industrialist for increasing tolerance and endurance of microorganisms to the accumulation of toxic wastes in microbial-cell factories. The new edition builds upon the fine pedigree of its earlier predecessors and extends the spectrum of the book to reflect the multidisciplinary and buoyant nature of this subject area.
Key Features
Covers the whole spectrum of the field from fermentation kinetics to control of fermentation and protein engineering.
Includes case studies specifically designed to illustrate industrial applications and current state-of-the-art technologies.
Presents the contributions of eminent international academics and industrial experts.
Offers new chapters addressing:
The prospects and the role of bio-fuels refineries,
Control of metabolic efflux to product formation in microbial-cell factories and
Improving tolerance of microorganisms to toxic byproduct accumulation in the fermentation vessel.
Section I Fermentation Microbiology and Biotechnology: Central and
Modern Concepts
Chapter 1 Fermentation Microbiology and Biotechnology: An
Historical Perspective
Chapter 2 Microbiology of Industrial Fermentation:
Central and Modern Concepts
Chapter 3 Fermentation Kinetics: Central and
Modern Concepts Section II Fermentation Microbiology and Biotechnology:
Control of Carbon Flux to Product Formation in Microbial Cell Factories
Chapter 4 Microbial Synthesis of Primary Metabolites: Current Trends and
Future Prospects
Chapter 5 Microbial Synthesis of Secondary Metabolites and
Strain Improvement: Current Trends and Future Prospects
Chapter 6 Flux
Control Analysis and Stoichiometric Network Modeling: Current Trends and
Future Prospects
Chapter 7 Control of Metabolite Efflux in Microbial Cell
Factories: Current Advances and Future Prospects Section III Fermentation
Microbiology and Biotechnology: Metabolic, Enzymatic, and Genetic Engineering
of Microorganisms
Chapter 8 Increasing Tolerance and Robustness of Industrial
Microorganisms: Current Strategies and Future Prospects
Chapter 9 Engineering
Microorganisms for the Production of Pharmaceutical Biomolecules: Current
Trends and Future Prospects
Chapter 10 Enzyme and Cofactor Engineering:
Current Trends and Future Prospects in the Pharmaceutical and Fermentation
Industries Section IV Fermentation Microbiology and Biotechnology:
Bioconversion of Renewable Resources to Desirable End Products
Chapter 11
Conversion of Renewable Resources to Biofuels and Fine Chemicals: Current
Trends and Future Prospects
Chapter 12 Biorefineries: Industrial Perspectives
and Challenges in Primary and Secondary Metabolism
Chapter 13 Solid-State
Fermentation: Current Trends and Future Prospects Section V Fermentation
Microbiology and Biotechnology: Tools, Monitoring, and Control of
Fermentation Processes
Chapter 14 Functional Genomics: Current Trends, Tools,
and Future Prospects in the Fermentation and Pharmaceutical Industries
Chapter 15 Bioreactors: Design, Operation, and Applications
Chapter 16
Biosensors in Bioprocess Monitoring and Control: Current Trends and Future
Prospects
Chapter 17 Cell Immobilization and Its Applications in
Biotechnology: Current Trends and Future Prospects
Chapter 18 Recent Advances
and Impacts of Microtiter Plate-Based Fermentations in Synthetic Biology and
Bioprocess Development
Chapter 19 Control and Monitoring of Industrial
Fermentations: An Industrial Perspective and Recent Trends
Mansi El-Mansi has been on the faculty of Glasgow University, in Edinburgh, at Sharda University, India, and more recently at Elizade University, Nigeria. His research was the first to postulate and unravel the role of HS-CoA in the partition of carbon flux among enzymes of central metabolism during growth of Escherichia coli on acetate. He was also the first to provide evidence supporting Dan Kosahlands theory of "ultrasensitivity". His research activities, which span the best part of 30 years, yielded an extensive list of publications of which four are single-author publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is currently the Director of Science Education and Research at Bio-Ed, a United Kingdom based company.
