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Biocatalysis and biodegradation : microbial transformation of organic compounds

Title: Biocatalysis and biodegradation : microbial transformation of organic compounds / by Lawrence P. Wackett and C. Douglas Hershberger.
Author: Wackett, Lawrence Philip.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2001], ©2001.

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Additional Authors

Hershberger, C. Douglas.

Description

xxiii, 228 pages : illustrations, map; 29 cm

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Contents

Foreword / David Gibson -- Ch. 1. General Concepts in Biodegradation and Biocatalysis -- Ch. 2. A History of Concepts in Biodegradation and Microbial Catalysis -- Ch. 3. Identifying Novel Microbial Catalysis by Enrichment Culture and Screening -- Ch. 4. Microbial Diversity: Catabolism of Organic Compounds Is Broadly Distributed -- Ch. 5. Organic Functional Group Diversity: the Unity of Biochemistry Is Dwarfed by Its Diversity -- Ch. 6. Physiological Processes: Enzymes, Emulsification, Uptake, and Chemotaxis -- Ch. 7. Evolution of Catabolic Enzymes and Pathways -- Ch. 8. Metabolic Logic and Pathway Maps -- Ch. 9. Predicting Microbial Biocatalysis and Biodegradation -- Ch. 10. Microbial Biotechnology: Chemical Production and Bioremediation -- Ch. 11. The Impact of Genomics on Microbial Catalysis -- Ch. 12. The Extent of Microbial Catalysis and Biodegradation: Are Microbes Infallible? -- Ch. 13. Big Questions and Future Prospects --
App. A. Books and Journals Relevant to Biodegradation and Biocatalysis -- App. B. Useful Internet Resources in Biodegradation and Biocatalysis.

ISBN

1555811795

LCCN

00061836

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries