Industrial microbiology is a significant field of applied microbiology which deals with the various facets of functional microbial metabolites. It involves the exploitation of microorganisms for the bulk production of antibiotics, organic acids, enzymes, foods, milk products, beverages, biofuels and many other products. Even the microorganisms themselves are used as food, food supplements, prebiotics, probiotics, vaccines etc. Potential and non-hazardous microorganisms are needed for all the processes of industrial production. For this purpose, microorganisms are usually isolated from the...