The roots - A short history of industrial microbiology and biotechnology

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3747-3762

  Buchholz, Klaus ^a   Collins, John ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotech companies; Biotechnology; Fermentation theories; Genetic techniques; History; Industrial microbiology

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIBIOTICS; BEER; BINARY ALLOYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MANUFACTURE; METABOLITES; MICROBIOLOGY; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS; WINE;

BIOTECH COMPANY; ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MICROBIAL FERMENTATION; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SECONDARY METABOLITES; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOFUEL; BUTANOL; CITRIC ACID; ENZYME; EXPLOSIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MONOCULTURE; PARADIGM SHIFT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; YEAST;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BASIC RESEARCH; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERMENTATION; FOOD; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOCULTURE; SHORT SURVEY; WAR; WINE; YEAST; HISTORY; REVIEW;

GERMANY; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84885895033     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4768-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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