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Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering

An Interdisciplinary Approach

  • 1st Edition - September 27, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Pratyoosh Shukla
  • Language: English

Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering: An Interdisciplinary Approach discusses recent advances in microbiology and cutting-edge biotechnology that have generated interest… Read more

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Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering: An Interdisciplinary Approach discusses recent advances in microbiology and cutting-edge biotechnology that have generated interest among researchers. The book is divided into several sections, including Enzymes in Bioprocessing, Human Health, Microbial Physiology and Biomedical Applications, and Bioprocess Development. Included are some of the latest developments in the field, like smart actuators for innovative biomedical applications, microalgal antenna engineering for improved bioprocess of biofuel, cell line engineering, and synbiotic foods. It is a useful reference for those in the applied microbiology and biotechnology fields, but will also be useful for practitioners in biotech.

Key features

  • Provides insight into the various interdisciplinary research avenues which can be utilized to benefit current researchers and students
  • Covers novel topic areas in the field of applied microbiology, like smart actuators for innovative biomedical application, microbial tyrosinases, production of halophilic alkaline protease, human probiotic applications, and the biotechnological aspects of methylobacterium
  • Reviews innovative bio-processing technologies for horticultural products and the bioprocess development for synbiotic foods

Readership

Masters, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in life sciences; scientists involved in interdisciplinary research areas like applied microbiology, industrial microbiology, enzyme technology and biotechnology; practitioners in biotech industries; higher level graduate students in microbiology and biotechnology

Table of contents

Section I: Enzymes in bioprocessing

1. Microbial Tyrosinases: A Novel Enzyme, Structural Features and Applications

2. Production of Bioethanol from Sugarcane Bagasse: Current approaches and Perspectives

3. Improvement of the amino-sugar-1-phosphate acetyltransferase activity on the archaeal bifunctional protein

4. Production of halophilic alkaline protease in lab scale reactors

Section II: Human health, Microbial physiology and biomedical applications

5. Strategies for Screening and Characterization of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae isolated from natural sources for human probiotic applications

6. Ecological and biotechnological aspects of Methylobacterium mesophilicum

7. Smart actuators for innovative biomedical applications: An interactive overview

Section III: Bioprocess development

8. Design and Development of Antibiotic Fermentation Using Different Processing Strategies: Challenges and Perspectives

9. Bioreactors design and principles: Current perspectives and improvement strategies

10. Effectual bioprocess development for protein production using Cell line engineering

11. Microalgal antenna engineering for improved bioprocess of biofuel production

12. Bioprocess development for Synbiotic foods: Challenges and opportunities

13. Recent bio-processing technologies for value added horticultural products

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 1, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Pratyoosh Shukla

Pratyoosh Shukla is presently working as Professor and Coordinator at School of Biotechnology, and Centre for Bioinformatics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He was awarded with Indo-USA Research Professor at University of Cincinnati, USA. His research areas include enzyme technology and protein bioinformatics and its technological interventions in interdisciplinary Biotechnology.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Coordinator at School of Biotechnology, and Centre for Bioinformatics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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