Applications of microbial engineering / editors, Vijai Kumar Gupta, PhD, Department of Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland, Monika Schmoll, PhD, Health and Environment Department, Bioresources, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Konrad-Lorenz Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria, Marcio Antonio Mazutti, PhD, Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, Minna M�aki, PhD, Program Leader, NAT, Orion Diagnostica Oy., Espoo, Finland, Maria G. Tuohy, PhD, Department of Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Aspergillus : a cell factory with unlimited prospects / Markus R.M. Fiedler, Benjamin M. Nitsche, Franziska Wanka and Vera Meyer -- 2. Industrial production of organic acids by fungi : state of the art and opportunities / An Li and Peter Punt -- 3. Microbial enzyme technology in baked cereal foods / Deborah Waters -- 4. Recent developments on amylase production by fermentation using agroindustrial residues as substrates / Juliana M. Gasparotto, Rodrigo Klaic, J�essica M. Moscon, Daniel P. Chielle, Fabiane M. Stringhini, Gabrielly V. Ribeiro, Luiz J. Visioli, Paulo R.S. Salbego and Marcio A. Mazut -- 5. Recent developments and industrial perspectives in the microbial production of bioflavors / Gustavo Molina, Juliano L. Bicas, �Erica A. Moraes, M�ario R. Mar�ostica-JR and Gl�aucia M. Pastore -- 6. Engineering applied to the wine fermentation industry / Francisco L�opez, Alejandra Urtubia Urbina and Jose Ricardo P�erez-Correa -- 7. Applications of plant growth-promoting bacteria for plant and soil systems / M.L.E. Reed and Bernard R. Glick -- 8. Engineering of microbes for plant and soil systems / Kieran J. Germaine, Martina McGuinness and David N. Dowling -- 9. Engineering the rhizosphere for agricultural and environmental sustainability / M�elanie M. Paulin and Martin Filion -- 10. Microbial engineering for developing stress tolerance cultivars : an innovative approach / Vijai K. Gupta, Lallan P. Yadava, Anthonia O' Donovan, Gauri D. Sharma, Maria G. Tuohy and Sanjiv K. Maheshwari -- 11. The potent pharmacological mushroom fomes fomentarius : cultivation processes and biotechnological uses / Mohamed Neifar, Atef Jaouani and Semia Elouz Chaabouni -- 12. Amazonian microorganisms with metabolites of ecological and economic importance / Luiz Antonio de Oliveira -- 13. Heavy metal niches : microbes and their metabolic potentials / Chih-Ching Chien -- 14. Sophorolipids : production, characterization and biologic activity / Isabel A. Ribeiro, Matilde F. Castro and Maria H. Ribeiro -- 15. Issues in algal biofuels for fuelling the future / Ravichandra Potumarthi and Rama Raju Baadhe -- 16. The forefront of low-cost and high-volume open microalgae biofuel production / Navid R. Moheimani, Mark P. McHenry and Karne de Boer -- 17. Biobutanol: an important biofuel and bio-product / Jamie A. Hestekin, Alexander M. Lopez, Edgar C. Clausen and Thomas M. Potts.

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