Resources and Applications of Biotechnology: The New Wave

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Industrial Potential of Cyanobacteria — Multipurpose Organisms?....Pages 13-26
Phycotechnology....Pages 27-41
The Industrial Potential of Extreme Thermophiles....Pages 42-48
Earthworm Biotechnology (Vermicomposting)....Pages 49-58
Brave New Vegetables — A Challenge to Biotechnology....Pages 59-70
Fungal Culture Collections for the Biotechnology Industry....Pages 71-77
A New Resource for Biotechnology — The European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures....Pages 78-81
Chemiluminescence — An Ultrasensitive Analytical Tool in Medicine and Biotechnology....Pages 82-90
The Leaching of Mineral Ores Using Bacteria....Pages 91-99
The Use of Micro-Organisms for the Removal and Recovery of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Effluents....Pages 100-109
Cell Adhesion — An Introduction....Pages 110-120
Bacterial Protein Export....Pages 121-130
The Biotechnology of Microbial Oils and Fats....Pages 131-140
SCP — The BP Protein Process....Pages 141-149
Industrial Enzyme Applications....Pages 150-184
The Second Generation of Commercial Enzymes....Pages 185-191
A Case Study in Enzymes: Washing-Powder Enzymes....Pages 192-207
Enzymes for Industry in the 1990s....Pages 208-212
Monoclonal Antibodies — The Biological Basis....Pages 213-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Monoclonal Antibodies — Biotechnology and Medical Applications....Pages 225-233
Haemophilia — A Short Review of the Disorder and its Treatment....Pages 234-238
Recent Developments in the Treatment of Diabetes....Pages 239-252
Towards the Bionic Man — Current Trends in the Development of Biomaterials....Pages 253-270
The Relevance of the Warnock Report on Human Fertilisation and Embryology to Biotechnology....Pages 271-278
Biotechnological Involvement and Advances in Waste-Water Treatment....Pages 279-297
Microbiology and Anaerobic Digestion....Pages 298-304
The Anaerobic Digestion of Food Processing Wastes....Pages 305-322
Whey Processing for Profit — A Worthy Alternative....Pages 323-331
A Reassessment of the Brazilian National Alcohol Programme (PNA)....Pages 332-345
Ethanol in Europe: The Long Road to Progress....Pages 346-353
Fossil Fuels — Not the End of an Era....Pages 354-362
Applications of Microbial Electrochemistry....Pages 363-374
An Introduction to the Industrial Applications of Biosensors....Pages 375-382
Immunoassay Kits for Food Analysis....Pages 383-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Getting Results from R & D....Pages 391-399
Enabling Manpower in Biotechnology: An Industrial Perspective....Pages 400-407
Biotechnology Policy into the 1990s....Pages 408-423
Futures for Biotechnology....Pages 424-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-441