
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Current Advances in Solid-State Fermentation
- 1st Edition - September 13, 2017
- Editors: Ashok Pandey, Christian Larroche, Carlos Ricardo Soccol
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 9 9 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 9 9 1 - 2
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Current Advances in Solid-State Fermentation provides knowledge and information on solid-state fermentation involving… Read more

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Current Advances in Solid-State Fermentation provides knowledge and information on solid-state fermentation involving the basics of microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics and principles of genetic engineering, metabolic engineering and biochemical engineering. This volume of the series is on Solid-State fermentation (SSF), which would cover the basic and applied aspects of SSF processes, including engineering aspects such as design of bioreactors in SSF. The book offers a pool of knowledge on biochemical and microbiological aspects as well as chemical and biological engineering aspects of SSF to provide an integrated knowledge and version to the readers.
- Provides state-of-the-art information on basic and fundamental principles of solid-state fermentation
- Includes key features for the education and understanding of biotechnology education and R&D, in particular on SSF
- Lists fermentation methods for the production of a wide variety of enzymes and metabolites
- Provides examples of the various industrial applications of enzymes in solid state fermentation
Postgraduate and graduate students, researchers in academia, bio-industries, and government. It is also useful to students in the areas of Biotechnology, Industrial Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Biological Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering
1. Advances in solid-state fermentation
2. Advance in porous characteristics of the solid matrix in solid-state fermentation
3. Fungal growth on solid substrates: A physiological overview
4. Kinetics of the solid-state fermentation process
5. Design of bioreactors in solid-state fermentation
6. Online monitoring of solid-state fermentation using respirometry
7. Bioreactors for the production of biological control agents produced by solid-state fermentation
8. Solid-state fermentation for the production of lipases for environmental and biodiesel applications
9. Solid-state fermentation for the on-site production of cellulolytic enzymes and their use in the saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass
10. Solid-state fermentation for the production of proteases and amylases and their application in nutrient medium production
11. Solid-state fermentation for laccases production and their applications
12. Agricultural residues as animal feed: Protein enrichment and detoxification using solid-state fermentation
13. Secondary metabolites production: Physiological advantages in solid-state fermentation
14. Solid-state fermentation for the production of mushrooms
15. Solid-state fermentation for food applications
16. Solid-state fermentation for vthe production of biosurfactants
17. Solid-state fermentation for vermicomposting: A step toward sustainable and healthy soil
18. Solid-state fermentation for the production of organic acids
19. Solid-state fermentation and plant-beneficial microorganisms
19. Solid-state fermentation and plant beneficial microorganisms
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 13, 2017
- Language: English
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Ashok Pandey
Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.
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Christian Larroche
Prof Christian Larroche is former Director of Polytech Clermont, a graduate school of engineering of University Clermont-Auvergne, France. He is also member of the research laboratory Institut Pascal and of the laboratory of excellence ImobS3 at the same university. He has strong research skills and expertise in the area of applied microbiology and biochemical engineering. He is author of about 300 documents, including ~150 articles, three patents, 16 book chapters and 35 co-editions of books or journal special issues. He is member of French Society for Process Engineering (SFGP), of the French Society of Biotechnology and of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering. He is also administrator of IBA-IFIBiop and editor of Journal of Food Sciences and Technology.
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