1 An introduction to biotechnological innovations Industry G. Mijnbeek and C. K. Leach 2 Biocatalyst in organic chemical synthesis R O. Jenkins 3 Efficiency of growth and product formation R.O. Jenkins
8. 1 Introduction 8.2 Essential and nonessential amino acid 8. 3 Stereochemistry of amino acids 8. 4 Amino acid fermentation 8.5 Recovery of the amino acid from the fermentation broth
2.1 Introduction 2.2 Micro-organisms as catalysts of organic synthesis 2.3 Enzyme preparations versus whole cell processes 2.4 Scale of production 2.5 Modes of operation of bioprocesses 2.6 Biotechnological processes verses chemical synthetic processes
Efficiency of growth and product formation 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Growth stoichiometry 3.2 Relationships between product formation and growth 3.3 Determination of maintenance energy requirement and maximum biomass yield
6.1 An introduction to antibiotics 6. 2 General strategies for the production of antibiotics 6.3 a brief history of penicillin production 6.4 Antibacterial mode of action of B-lactam antibiotics 6.5 Biosynthesis of penicillins and cephalosporins