Monitoring and Characterization of Glycoprotein Quality in Animal Cell Cultures --; Insect Cell Culture: Recent Advances, Bioengineering Challenges and Implications in Protein Production --; On-Line Monitoring of Intracellular Properties and its Use in Bioreactor Operation --; Methods for Plant Genetic Transformation --; Production of a New Antimycotic Agent by Plant Cell Culture --; Microbial Physiology Applied to Process Optimisation: Lactic Acid Bacteria --; Optimization of Interferon Production in Yeast by Strict Ethanol Control --; Strategies for the Selection of Mold Strains Geared to Produce Enzymes on Solid Substrates --; The Effect of Hydrodynamics on Biological Materials --; Novel Processes for the Enzymatic Synthesis of Surfactants --; Hemoproteins as Biocatalysts for the Oxidation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons --; Bioremediation in the Marine Environment --; Biotechnology in the Mining Industry. Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Processes for Metal Extraction --; An Assessment of Droplet-Air Contact and Spray Drying Performance in Bioprocess Engineering.
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Bioprocess engineering has played a key role in biotechnology, contributing towards bringing the exciting new discoveries of molecular and cellular biology into the applied sphere, and in maintaining established processes, some centuries-old, efficient and essential for today's industry. Novel developments and new application areas of biotechnology, along with increasing constraints in costs, product quality, regulatory and environmental considerations, have placed the biochemical engineer at the forefront of new challenges. This second volume of Advances in Bioprocess Engineering reflects precisely the multidisciplinary nature of the field, where new and traditional areas of application are nurtured by a better understanding of fundamental phenomena and by the utilization of novel techniques and methodologies. The chapters in this book were written by the invited speakers to the 2nd International Symposium on Bioprocess Engineering, Mazatlan, Mexico, September 1997.