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Actinomycetes in Biotechnology

Book1988

Edited by:

M. GOODFELLOW, S.T. WILLIAMS and M. MORDARSKI

Actinomycetes in Biotechnology

Book1988

 

Cover for Actinomycetes in Biotechnology

Edited by:

M. GOODFELLOW, S.T. WILLIAMS and M. MORDARSKI

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The actinomycetes are a group of bacteria well known as producers of antibiotics. With the advent of molecular biology they have become important to biotechnologists in the search ... read full description

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    1 - Isolation and Screening of Actinomycetes

    ROBERT D. NOLAN and THOMAS CROSS

    Pages 1-32

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    2 - Search and Discovery of New Antibiotics

    YOSHIRO OKAMI and KUNIMOTO HOTTA

    Pages 33-67

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    3 - Recognition of Novel Actinomycetes

    ANTHONY G. O'DONNELL

    Pages 69-88

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    4 - Genetic Manipulation

    RALF HÜTTER and THOMAS ECKHARDT

    Pages 89-184

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    5 - Growth, Product Formation and Fermentation Technology

    MICHAEL E. BUSHELL

    Pages 185-217

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    6 - Actinomycete Enzymes

    WANDA PECZYŃSKA-CZOCH and MARIAN MORDARSKI

    Pages 219-283

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    7 - Low-molecular-weight Enzyme Inhibitors and Immunomodifiers

    HAMAO UMEZAWA

    Pages 285-325

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    8 - Actinomycetes in Agriculture and Forestry

    MARY P. LECHEVALIER

    Pages 327-358

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    9 - Actinomycetes as Biodeteriogens and Pollutants of the Environment

    J. LACEY

    Pages 359-432

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    10 - Biodegradation of Agricultural and Urban Wastes

    DON L. CRAWFORD

    Pages 433-459

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    11 - Actinomycetes in Biotechnology: An Overview

    JACQUELINE M. PIRET and ARNOLD L. DEMAIN

    Pages 461-482

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    Index

    Pages 483-489

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    Subject Index

    Pages 491-501

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The actinomycetes are a group of bacteria well known as producers of antibiotics. With the advent of molecular biology they have become important to biotechnologists in the search for new antibiotics, vitamins, enzyme inhibitors, etc. They also play an important role in the biodegradation of wastes, and their wide (natural) distribution in soil, composts, water and elsewhere in the environment makes them important to the agricultural and waste industries. This research book presents a broad view of the current interest in actinomycetes, ranging from isolation/screening of actinomycetes, discovery of new antibiotics, a substantial contribution on genetic manipulation to actinomycetes in agriculture, forestry, and the threat of actinomycetes as pollutants in the environment.
The chapters, which have been written by experts, are intended to provide a balanced view of the opportunities and problems in an expanding field of interest.

The actinomycetes are a group of bacteria well known as producers of antibiotics. With the advent of molecular biology they have become important to biotechnologists in the search for new antibiotics, vitamins, enzyme inhibitors, etc. They also play an important role in the biodegradation of wastes, and their wide (natural) distribution in soil, composts, water and elsewhere in the environment makes them important to the agricultural and waste industries. This research book presents a broad view of the current interest in actinomycetes, ranging from isolation/screening of actinomycetes, discovery of new antibiotics, a substantial contribution on genetic manipulation to actinomycetes in agriculture, forestry, and the threat of actinomycetes as pollutants in the environment.
The chapters, which have been written by experts, are intended to provide a balanced view of the opportunities and problems in an expanding field of interest.

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978-0-12-289673-6

Language

English

Published

1988

Copyright

Copyright © 1988 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Academic Press

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Editors

M. GOODFELLOW

Microbial Technology Group, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

S.T. WILLIAMS

Department of Botany, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

M. MORDARSKI

Department of Biosynthesis, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław, Poland