Solid-State Fermentation in Biotechnology : Fundamentals and Applications/Ashok Pandey, Carlos R. Soccol, Jose A. Rodriguez-Leon and Poonam Nigam. New Delhi, Asiatech Publishers, Inc, 2001, xi, 221 p., ISBN 81-87680-06-7.

Contents: 1. History and development of solid-state fermentation. 2. General considerations about solid-state fermentation processes. 3. Factors that influence solid-state fermentation. 4. Kinetics of solid-state fermentation. 5. Energy balance in a solid-state fermentation process. 6. Modeling of solid-state fermentation. 7. Aspects of design of fermenter in solid-state fermentation. 8. Application of tropical agro-industrial residues as substrate for solid-state fermentation processes. 9. Production of enzymes by solid-state fermentation. 10. Production of Organic Acids by solid-state fermentation. 11. Application of solid-state fermentation technology for the production of commercial and industrially valuable secondary metabolites. 12. Production of mushrooms and protein by solid-state fermentations. 13. Miscellaneous applications of solid-state fermentation: production of colour (Pigments), flavours, Aroma and other products. Subject index.

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