Publisher's Synopsis
This practical handbook provides concise working instructions on all technical matters that biochemists, microbiologists, and chemists may encounter in their routine biotechnological work. It consists of a series written by specialists in their fields and designed to present the scientific and technical details that are often left out or taken for granted in multi-volume series on biotechnology.;Among the topics treated are microorganisms, metabolic pathways, bioreactors, fermentation processes, biotransformations, production of microbial biomass, environmental biotechnology, and the economic aspects of biotechnology. Several appendices compile information that otherwise appears only in scattered form or is unobtainable in many cases.
