Publisher's Synopsis
Each tract in this series reviews the present status and future prospects of Japanese state-of-the-art technology in one of five fields - electronics, computer and communications, manufacturing technology, materials science, and biotechnology. The authors are scientists and engineers engaged in relevant research and development.;With a special emphasis on recent advances, this volume describes the microbial method of amino acid production with regard to the following particulars - the breeding of amino acid-producing micro-organisms; the direct fermentation method; the precursor addition method; the enzymatic method; and biochemical engineering aspects.
