Industrial Biotechnology

Industrial biotechnology can be defined as the use of modern biological life sciences in process of industries. For example, industrial biotechnology has applications in a number of markets that affect our daily livesin chemicals; in food processing; and in textiles just to name a few. Additionally, industrial biotechnology may not only help with better processing of materials, but it may also play an important role on reducing emissions and increasing efficiencies in the manufacturing process. Industrial biotechnology is transforming many of the world?s industrial operations. The promise of industrial biotechnology has always been to reduce or replace the use of fossil energy and hydrocarbonbased materials with renewable, plantbased resources and naturally occurring microbes to produce more costeffective and environmentalfriendly materials for textiles, fuels, chemicals, pollution prevention and even human pharmaceuticals. Designed for students and practitioners of biotechnology and related fields, this book describes the potential applications of biotechnology in the industrial sector. This unique and uptodate resource offering readers an innovative and valuable presentation of the subject.