1st Edition
Recombinant Microbes for Industrial and Agricultural Applications
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