Current Developments In Biotechnology And Bioengineering
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| Author | : Huu Hao Ngo |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2023-01-03 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0323985033 |
The primary concern of environmental sustainability is to: (i) reduce use of physical and depletable resources; (ii) recycle and use renewable resources; (iii) redesign the production process to eliminate the production of toxic materials and protect the environment. Biochar, as a renewable material, can be produced from various sustainable biomass feedstocks through pyrolysis technologies. Biochar Towards Sustainable Environment highlights the contribution of biochar to environmental sustainability. The book provides a detailed overview of the sustainable biomass wastes feedstocks and different technologies for biochar production, and its sustainable applications in various aspects. - Includes sustainable production and activation of biochar from various biowastes - Describes multiple applications of biochar for sustainable environment - Covers sustainable assessments of the biochar production and application
| Author | : Swati Joshi |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 526 |
| Release | : 2022-04-29 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0323885128 |
Designer Microbial Cell Factories: Metabolic Engineering and Applications, the latest release in the Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering series, provides a detailed overview of the biotechnological approaches and strategies used to generate engineered microbes and to facilitate the acceleration, modulation and diversion of metabolic pathways to get desired output such as production of value-added compound or biodegradation of xenobiotic pollutant. The book also highlights applied aspects of designer microbes in fields as diverse as agriculture, pharmaceuticals and bioremediation. Designer microbes generated through reprogramming the microbial cell factories (MCFs) provide an edge over their natural counterparts in terms of increased molecular diversity and selective chemistry. These bugs are becoming instrumental in several areas, including agriculture, environment and human health. Engineering microbes through directed evolution not only gives freedom from evolutionary constrains but also allow introduction of regulated and foreseeable functions into MCFs. Dedicated to the designing of microbes, covering state-of-the-art technological advancements in the field Includes applications of metabolic engineering in the field of agriculture, bioremediation, value-added products, therapeutics, and more Contains chapters dedicated to innovative approaches surrounding engineered microbial consortia Provides comprehensive details and helps users understand concepts
| Author | : Christian Larroche |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 852 |
| Release | : 2016-09-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0444636749 |
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Bioprocesses, Bioreactors and Controls provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, reviewing industrial biotechnology and bioengineering practices that facilitate and enhance the transition of processes from lab to plant scale, which is becoming increasingly important as such transitions continue to grow in frequency. Focusing on industrial bioprocesses, bioreactors for bioprocesses, and controls for bioprocesses, this title reviews industrial practice to identify bottlenecks and propose solutions, highlighting that the optimal control of a bioprocess involves not only maximization of product yield, but also taking into account parameters such as quality assurance and environmental aspects. - Describes industrial bioprocesses based on the reaction media - Lists the type of bioreactors used for a specific bioprocess/application - Outlines the principles of control systems in various bioprocesses
| Author | : Vanete Thomaz Soccol |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 682 |
| Release | : 2016-09-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0444636714 |
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Human and Animal Health Applications provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, presenting data-based scientific knowledge and information on medical biotechnological interventions for human and animal health. Drawing on the key development areas in this field, the book reviews biotechnological advances and applications in immunotechnology, vaccines and vaccinology, combinatorial libraries, gene and cell therapy, tissue engineering, and parasite and infectious disease diagnostics. This title outlines why biotechnological techniques in these areas are useful in a clinical context and considers their potential uses, limitations, and the ethical considerations surrounding their use. - Provides development in human and animal health due to biotechnology - Includes immunotechnology and vaccinology - Outlines diagnostic techniques based on tissue and metabolic engineering principles - Considers potential uses of the various biotechnology based techniques and the ethical issues raised in their use
| Author | : Ashok Pandey |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2016-09-19 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 044463679X |
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Foundations of Biotechnology and Bioengineering is a package of nine books that compile the latest ideas from across the entire arena of biotechnology and bioengineering. This volume focuses on the underlying principles of biochemistry, microbiology, fermentation technology, and chemical engineering as interdisciplinary themes, constructing the foundation of biotechnology and bioengineering. - Provides state-of-art information on basics and fundamental principles of biotechnology and bioengineering - Supports the education and understanding of biotechnology education and R&D - Contains advanced content for researchers engaged in bioengineering research
| Author | : Jonathan W-C Wong |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 2016-09-19 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0444636757 |
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Solid Waste Management provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, reviewing the latest innovative developments in environmental biotechnology and bioengineering as they pertain to solid wastes, also revealing current research priority areas in solid waste treatment and management. The fate of solid wastes can be divided into three major areas, recycling, energy recovery, and safe disposal. From this foundation, the book covers such key areas as biotechnological production of value added products from solid waste, bioenergy production from various organic solid wastes, and biotechnological solutions for safe, environmentally-friendly treatment and disposal. The state of the art situation, potential advantages, and limitations are discussed, along with proposed strategies on how to overcome limitations. - Reviews available bioprocesses for the production of bioproducts from solid waste - Outlines processes for the production of energy from solid waste using biochemical conversion processes - Lists various environmentally friendly treatments of solid waste and its safe disposal
| Author | : Sudhir P. Singh |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2018-11-20 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 044464086X |
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Synthetic Biology, Cell Engineering and Bioprocessing Technologies covers the current perspectives and outlook of synthetic biology in the agriculture, food and health sectors. This book begins with the basics about synthetic biology and cell engineering, and then explores this in more detail, focusing on topics like applications of synthetic biology, industrial bioprocesses, and future perspectives. Information on cell engineering is also presented, and manipulation in endogenous metabolic network is studied alongside advanced topics such as fine tuning of metabolic pathways, de novo biosynthetic pathway design, enzyme engineering targeted to improved kinetics and stability, and potential applications of the novel biological systems in bioprocess technology to achieve the production of value-added compounds with specific biological activities. - Assists in developing a conceptual understanding of synthetic biology and cellular and metabolic engineering. - Includes comprehensive information on new developments and advancements. - Lists applications of synthetic biology in agriculture, food, and health
| Author | : Suresh Kumar Dubey |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2016-09-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0444636722 |
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Crop Modification, Nutrition, and Food Production provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, presenting data-based scientific knowledge on agribiotechnology and describing world agriculture and the role biotechnology can play in ensuring food security over the next fifty years. The book discusses the effects of climate change in agriculture and the resultant emergence of new crops, including drought tolerant and more nutritious plants. In addition, the book discusses insect and virus resistance in plants and outlines plant metabolic engineering for agriculture, genetically engineered plants, and microbial diseases. - Highlights recent developments in agriculture due to biotechnology - Relates the effect of climate change in agriculture to the development of new crops - Describes the application of metabolic engineering in the development of new genetically modified plants
| Author | : Mohammad Taherzadeh |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 616 |
| Release | : 2022-11-18 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0323985025 |
Filamentous Fungi Biorefinery, the latest release in the Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering series, builds on knowledge on the classification of filamentous fungi and presence and roles played in ecosystems. The importance of filamentous fungi is then further corroborated through a description of their present applications in biotechnological processes. Knowledge on fungal biology is extended through discussion on structure and composition together with a description of growth potentialities of filamentous fungi in/on a wide range of substrates. In addition, the morphology of filamentous fungi is then described and its implications during integration in industrial processes is discussed. The book then provides an overview on the use of filamentous fungi for the production of a wide range of value-added products, including feed and food products, alcohols, organic acids, pigments, enzymes, antibiotics and biopolymers. All provided state-of-arts are extended to a description of the present degree of application of filamentous fungi towards the production of those products using low-value substrates, identification of research gaps, and proposes future research avenues. - Presents the first book dedicated to the use of filamentous fungi for process development within waste management - Discusses the transfer of research knowledge into industrial processes and marketable products - Includes industrial applications of filamentous fungi towards valorization of low-value substrates - Provides up-to-date knowledge on research and application fields that can benefit from the integration of filamentous fungi
| Author | : Xuan-Thanh Bui |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 640 |
| Release | : 2022-08-19 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0323999433 |
Advances in Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems covers different recent advanced technologies, including green technologies, for biological wastewater treatment and wastewater reuse. The technologies involve novel biological processes and/or modified processes coupled with nano materials for improving the performance of the existing treatment processes. The book also describes treatment strategies for the current pollution from complex organic matter, nutrients, toxic substances, micro plastics and emerging micro pollutants in different water resources. The treatment processes describe the recent developed technologies for wastewater treatment and reuse such as biological nutrient removal, bioreactors, photobioreactors, membrane bioreactors, wetlands, algae-bacteria process, natural treatments, integrated/hybrid bio systems, etc. The novel bio systems include aerobic, anaerobic, facultative operation modes with various of types of microorganisms. - Provides updated information on biological nutrient removal from wastewater - Includes anaerobic and aerobic wastewater treatment processes - Provides state-of-art information on design and operation of novel systems, including membrane bioreactors - Describes hybrid treatment processes
