Priti Patel

This book is a short introduction to the basics of bioprocess technology which main principle is to harness the vast potential of microorganisms in making biochemical products. The overall subject dealt with is process by microorganisms. But the coverage goes beyond the process of biomanufacturing in the bioreactor, and extends to the factory of cell's biosynthetic machinery. Starting with an overview of biotechnology and organism, subsequent chapters allow students to learn about kinetic principles of reactions and cell growth. This leads to the coverage of isolation and screening processes for microbes, media formulation and sterilization, designing of reactors, monitoring and control of process parameters, recovery of products, etc. Drawing on principles from life sciences, this book is used for students in biotechnology and bioengineering. The author has used the book for a course for advanced students in life sciences.

Experiments in Microbial Fermentation is a laboratory manual based on the experience of the authors over several years in devising and organizing practical classes in microbiology and biotechnology to meet the requirements of students following courses in Biotechnology and microbiology at the Ganpat University. The primary object of the manual is to provide a laboratory handbook for use by students following Industrial Microbiology and allied courses to under graduate and Post graduate level, in addition to being of value to students reading microbiology or biotechnology. It is hoped that laboratory workers in the Fermentation will find the book useful in the microbiological aspects of quality control and production development. The book is concerned with basic methods in microbiology and would normally form the basis of a first year course. It also consists of an extension of these basic methods into microbiology as applied in the microbial fermentation of useful primary and secondary metabolites.