Recent Advances in Biotechnology

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages xix-xix
Isolation and Screening of Industrially Important Organisms....Pages 1-17
Applied and Investigative uses of Recombinant DNA Techniques for Filamentous Fungal Products....Pages 19-45
The Design and Operation of Biotransformation Processes....Pages 47-68
Large Scale Separation of Intracellular Enzymes (how not to do it)....Pages 69-88
Biosensors....Pages 89-111
Foaming and its Control in Bioprocesses....Pages 113-146
Scale-up in Biotechnology....Pages 147-182
Bioreactors....Pages 183-208
Applications of Plant Biotechnology in Industry and Agriculture....Pages 209-226
Molecular Biology of Penicillin and Cephalosporin Biosynthesis: Application of Cloned Genes....Pages 227-241
Bioreactors for Animal Cell Cultivation....Pages 243-261
Production of (Recombinant) Baculoviruses in Insect-Cell Bioreactors....Pages 263-284
Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters by Anaerobic Processes — New Developments....Pages 285-313
Impact of Biotechnology on Sugar Industry....Pages 315-323
Impacts of Biotechnology on International Competition and Trade: Agricultural and Food Products....Pages 325-341
Biotechnological Advances and Developing Countries....Pages 343-357
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Transformation of Streptococcus Thermophilus with Plasmid DNA by Electroporation....Pages 361-366
Bacteriophage Lambda Expression Systems for Enhanced Recombinant Protein Production....Pages 367-372
Strategies and Tactics for Cloning Genes, Coding for Lipase, from Higher Plants....Pages 373-381
Determination of the Effective Diffusion Coefficient of Glucose in Calcium Alginate Gel Using the Moment Analysis Technique....Pages 383-388
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Protein Chemical Methods as Tools in Modern Biotechnology....Pages 389-395
Thermophilic Archaebacteria for Biotechnology....Pages 397-404
Production of Alternative Fuels: Modeling of Cellulosic Biomass Conversion to Ethanol....Pages 405-411
Design and Scale-Up of Bioreactors for Dense Suspension Broths....Pages 413-418
Carrier Influence for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters in Anaerobic Biofilm Fluidized Bed Reactors....Pages 419-424
Natural Immobilization and Fluidized Bed Fermentation....Pages 425-430
Control of Cell Specific Activities with Industrial Process Control Systems....Pages 431-436
Fine Chemicals from Plant Cells — an Overview....Pages 437-442
New Processes for the Preparation of Peptide Hormones....Pages 443-448
Membrane Bioreactors for Animal Cell Culture....Pages 449-454
Monoclonal Antibodies as Tools in Early Detection of Plant Pathogens....Pages 455-460
Approaches to the Development of Biotechnology for Comprehensive Industrial Wastewater Treatment....Pages 461-468
Industrialisation Through Plant Biotechnology: An Assessment of the Opportunities and Constraints in the Case of Turkey....Pages 469-476
Response Surface Optimisation: More Results from Fewer Experiments ....Pages 477-481
Evaluation of Recent Advances in Industrial Applications of Biotechnology....Pages 483-486
Front Matter....Pages 487-487
Control by Nitrogenous Compounds of Bacilysin Production....Pages 489-490
Metal-Binding Proteins from Kluyveromyces spp.....Pages 491-492
Isoenzyme Electrophoresis on Maize....Pages 493-494
Isolation of L-Methionine Enriched Mutants from the Methylotrophic Yeast Candida Boidinii ICCF26 in a Sulphur Defficient Medium....Pages 495-496
Transformation of E.Coli by Electroporation and Expression of Lac Z Gene....Pages 497-498
Front Matter....Pages 487-487
Cloning and Expression of Cellulases from Rumen Bacteria in Escherichia Coli ....Pages 499-499
Physiological Aspects of Immobilized Penicillium Chrysogenum ....Pages 501-502
Transference of Solutes Across Microcapsule Membranes....Pages 503-504
The Interesterification of Fats by Immobilized Stereospecific Lipase....Pages 505-506
Citric Acid Production by Immobilized Aspergillus Niger on Starch Hydrolysate Medium....Pages 507-508
A Multiphase System for the Production of L-Tryptophan from L-Serine and Indole; Studies on Product Separation and Recovery....Pages 509-509
Production of Clotting Enzymes by Centaurea Calcitrapa L. (Compositae)....Pages 511-512
Plant Processing by Simultaneous Lactic Acid Fermentation and Ensiling....Pages 513-514
Bioconversion of Food Industry Wastes....Pages 515-516
Use of Thermophilic Bacteria for Copper Extraction....Pages 517-518
Kinetic Analysis of Cephalosporin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces clavuligerus and Cephalosporium acremonium ....Pages 519-519
Bioconversion of Biogenic and Abiogenic Volatile Fatty Acids Into the Corresponding Alcohols by Clostridium Acetobutylicum ....Pages 521-522
Scale up of Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Reactors....Pages 523-524
A Novel Concept for a Competitive Affinity Optical Sensor....Pages 525-526
Effect of pH Changes on the Measured RQ of Fermentations....Pages 527-528
The Effects of Operating Parameters on Cell Growth and Alkaloid Production in a Novel Plant Cell Membrane Reactor....Pages 529-530
In Vitro Studies on Neurotoxin B-N-Oxalyl Diaminopropionic Acid (ODAP) In Cell Cultures or Lathyrus Sativus ....Pages 531-531
Analysis of Radiosensitivity of in Vitro Derived Apple....Pages 533-533
The Effects of Some Cytokinins on the in Vitro Development of Different Explants of Clematis (Clematis x hybrida Jackmanii)....Pages 535-535
Baby Hamster Kidney Aggregation in Fermentation....Pages 537-538
Front Matter....Pages 487-487
Industrial and Medical Applications of Microcarrier-Facilitated Mammalian Cell Culture....Pages 539-540
Operation of a Fluidized Bed Biofilm Reactor for the Elimination of Dichloromethane (DCM) from Gas and Liquid Phases....Pages 541-542
Comparison of 3 Anaerobic/Aerobic Fluidized Bed Biofilm Systems to Degrade Chlorophenolic Compounds in Pulp Bleaching Effluents....Pages 543-543
The Usage of Various Microorganisms in Waste Water Treatment Containing Copper(II) Ions....Pages 545-546
Back Matter....Pages 547-558