About the Book
Industrial microbiology and biotechnology includes the use of microorganisms in the manufacture of food or industrial products. The use of microorganisms for the production of food, also human or animal, is frequently considered a branch of food microbiology. The microorganisms used in industrial processes may be natural isolates; laboratory selected mutants or hereditarily engineered organisms.
Biotechnology is the application of living organisms and their components to industrial products and processes. The rapid developments in the field of genetic engineering have given a new impetus to biotechnology.
The services generated by microorganisms' assortment from the degradation of organic wastes, detoxification of industrial wastes and toxic compounds, to the degradation of petroleum to manage oil spills, etc. The present book has been designed for university students, scholars, teachers and researchers dealing with industrial microbiology, Genetics and biotechnology.
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