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Front Cover; Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering; Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Foundations of Biotechnology and Bioengineering; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Editors; Preface; 1 -- Basic Microbiology; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Microbial Diversity and Systematics; 1.2.1 Classification Schemes; 1.2.2 Brief Descriptions of Various Groups of Microorganisms; 1.2.3 Nomenclature of Microorganisms; 1.2.4 Introduction to Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; 1.3 Microbial Physiology and Metabolism; 1.3.1 Cellular Respiration.

1.3.2 Photosynthesis1.3.3 Light Reaction; 1.3.4 Dark Reaction; 1.3.5 Chemical Reactions and Energy; 1.3.6 Adenosine Triphosphate; 1.3.7 Growth Requirements of Microorganisms; 1.3.7.1 Chemical Requirements; 1.3.7.2 Physical Requirements; 1.3.8 Cultivation of Microorganisms; 1.3.9 Isolation Methods; 1.3.10 Microbial Growth Measurements; 1.4 Different Branches and Scope of Microbiology; 1.5 Microbial Reproduction; 1.6 Culturable and Nonculturable Microbes; 1.7 Microbial Genomics and Metabolomics; 1.7.1 Structural Genomics; 1.7.1.1 Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing; 1.7.1.2 Bioinformatics.

1.7.2 Functional Genomics1.7.3 Metabolomics; 1.8 Economic Significance of Microbes; 1.8.1 Microbes in Human Health; 1.8.2 Microbes in the Ecosystem; 1.8.3 Microbes in Food and Agriculture; 1.8.4 Microbes in Industries; 1.8.5 Microbes in Medicine; 1.8.6 Microbes in Bioremediation; 1.8.7 Microbes in Terrorism and Warfare; 1.8.8 Microbes in Energy Generation; 1.9 Conclusions and Perspectives; References; 2 -- Basic Biochemistry; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Structure and Function of Proteins; 2.2.1 Amino Acids; 2.2.2 The Peptide Bond; 2.2.3 Structural Properties.

2.2.4 Physicochemical and Functional Properties2.2.5 Protein Purification; 2.2.5.1 Precipitation; 2.2.5.2 Chromatographic Techniques for Protein Purification; 2.2.6 Proteomics; 2.3 Enzymes; 2.3.1 Enzyme Classification; 2.3.2 Enzyme Kinetics; 2.3.2.1 Michaelis-Menten Kinetics; 2.3.3 Enzyme Stability; 2.3.4 Enzyme Immobilization; 2.3.4.1 Methods of Immobilization; 2.4 Physicochemical Properties of Mono-, Oligo-, and Polysaccharides; 2.4.1 Separation, Purification, and Analysis of Carbohydrates; 2.4.2 Other Biological Activities of Carbohydrates; 2.5 Characteristics and Properties of Lipids.

2.5.1 Biological Membranes2.6 Nucleic Acids; 2.6.1 Genetic Information; 2.6.2 Genetic Engineering; 2.7 Energetics; 2.7.1 Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis; 2.7.2 Pentose Phosphate Pathway; 2.7.3 Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle; 2.7.4 Glyoxylate Cycle; 2.7.5 Oxidation of Fatty Acids; 2.7.6 Oxidative Phosphorylation; References; 3 -- Fundamentals of Molecular Biology; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 DNA Replication; 3.2.1 Replication Is Semiconservative; 3.2.2 Replication Is Semidiscontinuous; 3.2.3 DNA Synthesis Is Primed; 3.2.4 Replication Is Bidirectional; 3.2.5 Process of Replication; 3.3 Transcription.

3.4 Regulation of Transcription: The Operon.

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