This second edition has been thoroughly updated to include recent advances and developments in the field of fermentation technology, focusing on industrial applications. The book now covers new aspects such as recombinant DNA techniques in the improvement of industrial micro-organisms, as well as including comprehensive information on fermentation media, sterilization procedures, inocula, and fermenter design. Chapters on effluent treatment and fermentation economics are also incorporated. The text is supported by plenty of clear, informative diagrams.

This book is of great interest to final year and post-graduate students of applied biology, biotechnology, microbiology, biochemical and chemical engineering.

INDEX

1.An Introduction to fermentation processes

2.Microbial growth kinetics

3.The isolation, preservation and improvement of

  industrially important micro-organisms

4.Media for industrial fermentations

5.Sterilization

6.The developmant of inocula for industrial fermentations

7.Design of a fermenter

8.Instrumentation and control

9.Aeration and agitation

10.The recovery and purification of fermentation products

11.Effluent treatment

12.Fermentation economics