MICROBIAL PROCESSES: Promising Technologies for Developing Countries -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- ORGANISMS INVOLVED IN MICROBIAL PROCESSES -- PHYSICOCHEMICAL FACTORS AFFECTING MICROBIAL GROWTH -- Temperature -- Acidity and Alkalinity -- Oxygen -- Osmotic Pressure -- NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MICROBIAL GROWTH -- RAW MATERIALS FOR MICROBIAL PROCESSES -- FOOD AND ANIMAL FEED -- SOIL MICROBES IN PLANT HEALTH AND NUTRITION -- NITROGEN FIXATION -- MICROBIAL INSECT CONTROL AGENTS -- FUEL AND ENERGY -- WASTE TREATMENT AND UTILIZATION -- CELLULOSE CONVERSION -- ANTIBIOTICS AND VACCINES -- PURE CULTURES FOR MICROBIAL PROCESSES -- Chapter 1 Raw Materials for Microbial Processes -- TYPICAL RAW MATERIALS -- UNDERUTILIZED RAW MATERIALS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References and Suggested Reading -- Research Contacts -- Chapter 2 Food and Animal Feed -- FOOD PRESERVATION -- Fish Sauce and Paste -- Acid Milks, Yogurt, and Cereal -- Indian Idli (Dosai) -- African Acidic Porridges -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- IMPROVING NUTRITIONAL VALUE -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- PRODUCTION OF MEAT-LIKE FLAVORS -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- KOJI METHOD OF PRODUCING ENZYMES -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- INDONESIAN TEMPEH -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN PRODUCTION -- Yeasts -- Bacteria -- Fungi -- Algae -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References and Suggested Reading -- Sources of Cultures -- Research Contacts -- Chapter 3 Soil Microbes in Plant Health and Nutrition -- MINERAL CYCLING BY SOIL MICROORGANISMS -- Inoculation -- MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI -- ENDOMYCORRHIZAE OF CROP PLANTS AND FOREST TREES -- ECTOMYCORRHIZAE OF FOREST TREES -- BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SOIL-BORNE PATHOGENS -- References and Suggested Readings -- Research Contacts -- Chapter 4 Nitrogen Fixation -- SYMBIOTIC SYSTEMS.

Rhizobium-Leguminous Plant Associations -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- Frankia-Nonleguminous Plant Associations -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- Azolla-Anabaena Associations -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- ASYMBIOTIC FIXATION -- Blue-Green Algae -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- Free-Living Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References and Suggested Reading -- Research Contacts -- Chapter 5 Microbial Insect Control Agents -- DEVELOPMENT OF BIOINSECTICIDES -- Production Technology -- Safety and Specificity -- Efficacy -- BACTERIA -- Production -- Safety and Specificity -- Efficacy -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- VIRUSES -- Production -- Safety and Specificity -- Efficacy -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- PROTOZOA -- Production -- Safety and Specificity -- Efficacy -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- FUNGI -- Production -- Safety and Specificity -- Efficacy -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References and Suggested Reading -- Research Contacts -- Chapter 6 Fuel and Energy -- ETHANOL -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- UTILIZATION OF CELLULOSE -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- METHANE -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- METHANOL -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- HYDROGEN -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- BACTERIAL LEACHING -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References and Suggested Reading -- Research Contacts -- Chapter 7 Waste Treatment and Utilization -- ALGAL-BACTERIAL SYSTEMS -- Liquid Waste Treatment -- Algal Production -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- COMPOSTING -- ADVANTAGES -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- ANAEROBIC LAGOONS -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- RECYCLING ANIMAL WASTE BY AEROBIC FERMENTATION -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- RECYCLING ANIMAL WASTE BY ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References and Suggested Reading -- Research Contacts.

Chapter 8 Cellulose Conversion -- VOLVARIELLA SPECIES -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- LENTINUS EDODES -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- PLEUROTUS SPECIES -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- THERMOACTIONMYCES SPECIES -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM -- LIMITATION -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- TRICHODERMA REESEI -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- OTHER SPECIES -- LIMITATIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References and Suggested Reading -- Research Contacts and Culture Sources -- Chapter 9 Antibiotics and Vaccines -- ANTIBIOTICS -- Human Diseases -- Animal Diseases -- Antibiotics as Growth Stimulants -- Plant Diseases -- Nonsterile Production of Antibiotics -- VACCINES -- Parasitic and Venereal Diseases -- Respiratory Infections -- Gastrointestinal Infections -- References and Suggested Reading -- Source of Cultures -- Research Contacts -- Chapter 10 Pure Cultures for Microbial Processes -- DEVELOPMENT OF PURE CULTURE COLLECTIONS -- MAJOR PURE CULTURE COLLECTIONS -- WORLD DATA CENTER AND MICROBIOLOGICAL RESOURCE CENTERS -- PRESERVATION METHODS -- MIXED MICROBIAL CULTURES -- PATENTING OF PROCESSES INVOLVING MICROORGANISMS -- References and Suggested Reading -- Research Contacts -- Chapter 11 Future Perspectives in Microbiology -- References and Suggested Reading -- Appendix Regulations for Packaging and Shipping Viable Microbial Cultures -- Board on Science and Technology for International Development -- MEMBERS -- Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation -- MEMBERS -- Board on Science and Technology for International Development -- ADVISORY STUDIES AND SPECIAL REPORTS.