Exploitation of Microorganisms

ISBN-13: 9789401046695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 488 str.

D. G. Jones

Opis

This book provides full coverage of the history, current state of the art and future possibilities for the major uses by man of microbes. Professor Gareth Jones has pulled together a team of internationally experienced contributors, providing a book of great interest to applied biologists, microbiologists, agricultural and food scientists.

Recenzje

17 papers which review the history, current state-of-the art and future possibilities for different areas of microbial exploitation. - Quarterly Journal of Forestry; The editor is to be commended on bringing together many of the leading exponents in these various fields, and producing a reference work which will be of immense value to those teaching applied microbiology courses ... this well-produces book deserves to find its way into the libraries of Departments of Microbiology world-wide, in both developed and developing countries - World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology; ...the quality of the contributions is uniformly high...the various chapters are written with the intention of being both interesting and informative...recommended with confidence to any student...both the Editor and Publisher are to be congratulated on a quite outstanding addition to the literature of microbiology. - Food Science and Technology Today; ...a most useful compilation of reviews which will provide final year undergraduates, postgraduates and other interested groups with source material on applied microbiology for some years to come. - Journal Chemical Technology and Biotechnology; ...this is an informative book that will appael to students and to many who might find textbooks of plant pathology or environmental microbiology much more forbidding. - Science in parliament Vol 51 No 3 june 1994; ...a very useful addition to the library bookshelf... - Experimental Agriculture; This is an informative book that will appeal to students and to many who might find textbooks of plant pathology or environmental microbiology much more forbidding...the volume [is] supplied with a helpfully comprehensive index - Science in Parliament

Spis treści

Biological control of weeds with fungal plant pathogens. The use of Bacillus thuringiensis as an insecticide. Aspects of biocontrol of fungal plant pathogens. The use of microbial agents for the control of plant parasitic nematodes. Insect viruses as biocontrol agents. Cyanobacteria and Azolla. Mycorrhizal associations. Rhizobium inoculation of crop plants. The use of microorganisms in plant breeding. The mushroom industry. Exploitation of microorganisms in the processing of dairy products. Exploitation of microorganisms in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages. The exploitation of moulds in fermented foods. Exploitation of microorganisms in the developing countries of the tropics. Microorganisms and detoxification of industrial waste. Formulation of biological control agents. The commercial exploitation of microorganisms in agriculture. Index.