1st Edition

Recombinant Microbes for Industrial and Agricultural Applications

By Yoshikatsu Murooka Copyright 1993

    Bridging the gap between laboratory observations and industrial practices, this work presents detailed information on recombinant micro-organisms and their applications in industry and agriculture. All recombinant microbes, bacteria, yeasts and fungi are covered.

    Series Introduction
    Preface
    Contributors
    Introduction: Exploitation of Conventional and Industrial Microorganisms Yoshikatsu Afurooka
    Regulation and Safety of Recombinant Microorganisms
    Fusao Tomita
    Contributions of Recombinant Microbes and Their Potential
    Arnold L. Demain, Akira Kimura, and Atsuhiko Shinmyo

    Pharmacologically Active Agents and Health Care
    Overproduction of Heterologous Proteins in Escherichia coli
    Hisashi Yasueda and Hiroshi Adatsui
    Extremely Efficient Protein Secretion System in Bacillus brevis
    Shigezo Udaka and Hideo Yamagata
    Secretory Production of Homologous and Heterologous Proteins by Recombinant Streptomyces: What Has Been Accomplished?
    Istvan Afolnar
    Antibiotics Produced by Streptomyces Host-Vector Systems
    Afasanori Sugiyama
    Lactam Antibiotics Produced by Genetically Engineered Filamentous Fungi
    T. Vichitsoonthonkul, Y. W. Chu, H. S. Sodhi, and G. Saunders
    Heterologous Protein Production by Yeast Host-Vector Systems
    Satoshi Harashima
    Glutathione and Its Derivatives: Produced by Recombinant Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Kousaku Afurata
    Recombinant Microbial ADP-Ribosylating Toxins of Bordetella pertussis, Vibiro cholerae, and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: Structure, Function, and Toxoid Vaccine Development W. Neal Burnette, Witold Cieplak, Jr., Harvey R. Kaslow, Rino Rappuoli, and Elaine I. Tuomanen
    Recombinant Antigens as Components of a Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine Andrew J. Makoff, Ian G. Charles, and Neil F. Fairweather
    Escherichia· coli Producing Recombinant Antibodies
    Andreas Pliickthun
    Antibody Produced by Using Escherichia coli Expression Systems
    Tatsuro Shibui and Kenji Nagahari

    Enzyme Production
    Fundamental Aspects of Secretory Enzyme Production by Recombinant Microbes
    Noboru Takizawa, Mitsuo Yamashita, and Yoshikatsu Murooka
    Escherichia coli Secretion Vector Using the kil Gene
    Toshiaki Kudo
    Thermostable Enzymes Produced by Recombinant Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria
    Tadayuki Imanaka
    Enzymes Used for Recombinant DNA Technology Produced by Recombinant Microbes
    Bunsei Kawakami
    Starch-Processing Enzymes Produced by Recombinant Bacteria
    Hideo Yamagata and Shigezo Udaka
    Starch-Processing Enzymes Produced by Recombinant Yeasts and Fungi
    I chiro Yamashita
    Microbial Lipase: Structure and Production
    Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, and Yoshio Tominaga
    Enzyme Production by Recombinant Aspergillus
    David B. Archer
    Cellulases, Xylanases, and Their Genes from Bacteria Kyo Shimada, Shuichi Karita, Kazuo Sakka, and Kunio Ohmiya
    Yeast as Source for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Proteins
    Annie De Baetselier-Van Broekhoven
    Improvement of Useful Enzymes by Protein Engineering
    Tadayuki Imanaka

    Production of Food and Beverages
    Amino Acids: Genetically Engineered Serratia marcescens
    Saburo Komatsubara
    Host-Vector Systems for Amino Acid-Producing Coryneform Bacteria Konosuke Sano
    Fermented Milk Products: Genetic Improvement of Dairy Lactobacilli
    Takashi Sasaki
    Vinegar: Genetic Improvement of Acetobacter and Gluconobacter
    Masahiro Fukaya
    Alcoholic Beverages: Genetic Improvement of Yeasts
    Kenichi Shimizu, Yoichi Yokomori, and Kazuyoshi Kitano
    Fish Growth Hormones: Production and Application of Recombinant Hormones
    Seiji Sugimoto and Seiga ltoh
    Approaches to Hybridization and Applied Genetics by Protoplast Fusion: Koji-Molds and Mushrooms
    Kihachiro Ogawa
    Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria in Foods by Using Recombinant DNA Techniques
    Hau-Yang Tsen

    Microbes Used in Agriculture
    Agrobacterium and Plant Genetic Engineering
    Masami Sekine and Atsuhiko Shinmyo
    Basic Analysis of Bacillus subtilis NB22 and Its Application to Biological Control
    Makoto Shoda and Takashi Ano
    Genetic Engineering on Bacillus thuringiensis Insecticidal Proteins
    Keiko Nakamura
    Filamentous Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes: Development of Host-Vector Systems
    Kazuo Shishido
    Cyanobacteria and Algae
    Takashi Yamada
    Associative Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in the Rhizosphere of Rice
    Takeshi Uozumi

    Fuels, Chemicals, and Waste Treatment
    Strain Improvement of Zymomonas mobilis for Ethanol Production
    Hideshi Yanase, Nobuo Kato, and Kenzo Tonomura
    Ethanol Production by Genetically Improved Clostridium
    Naotaka Kurose and Kenzo Tonomura
    Alcohol Production by Genetically Improved Yeast Toshihiko Ashikari and Hajime Yoshizumi
    Hydrogen Production by Photosynthetic Bacteria and Microalgae
    Kazuhisa Miyamoto
    Heterologous Gene Expression in C1 Compound-Utilizing Yeasts
    Gerd Gellissen
    Industrial Chemicals: Enzymatic Transformation by Recombinant Microbes
    Masahisa Ikemi
    Genetically Engineered Microorganisms Exploitation for Biocleaning of Coal: A Countermeasure to Acid Rain
    Jun-ichi Koizumi
    Degradation of Recalcitrant Synthetic Chemical Products: Genetic Engineering in Pseudomonads
    Masao Fukuda
    Current Advances in Methane Fermentation
    Toshihide Kakizono and Naomichi Nishio
    Appendix: Cloning Vectors Commonly Used for Recombinant Microorganisms
    Mitsuo Yamashita
    Index

    Biography

    Yoshikatsu Murooka and Tadayuki Imanaka

    ". . .a most worthwhile library purchase"
    ---research workers will find many of the chapters excellent starting points and undergraduates will benefit from some unusual case studies.
    ---Society for General Microbiology Quarterly