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MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Knowledge in microbiology is growing exponentially through the determination of genomic sequences of hundreds of microorganisms and the invention of new technologies, such as genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, to deal with this avalanche of information. These genomic data are now exploited in thousands of applications,ranging from medicine, agriculture, organic chemistry, public health, and biomass conversion, to biomining. Microbial Biotechnology focuses on uses of major societal importance, enabling an in-depth analysis of these critically important applications. Some, such as wastewater treatment, have changed only modestly over time; others, such as directed molecular evolution, or “green” chemistry, are ascurrent as today’s headlines. This fully revised second edition provides an exciting interdisciplinary journey through the rapidly changing landscape of discovery in microbial biotechnology. An ideal text for courses in applied microbiology and biotechnology, this book will also serve as an invaluable overview of recent advances in this field for professional life scientists and for the diversecommunity of other professionals with interests in biotechnology. Alexander N. Glazer is a biochemist and molecular biologist and has been on the faculty of the University of California since 1964. He is a Professor of the Graduate School in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Glazer is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow ofthe American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Microbiology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the California Academy of Sciences. He was twice the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was the recipient of the Botanical Society of America Darbaker Prize, 1980 and the National Academy of Sciences Scientific Reviewing Prize, 1991, a lecturer of theFoundation for Microbiology, 1996–98; and a National Guest Lecturer, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, 1999. Dr. Glazer has authored over 250 research papers and reviews. He is a co-inventor on more than 40 U.S. patents. Since 1996, he has served as a member of the Editorial Affairs Committee of Annual Reviews, Inc. Hiroshi Nikaido is a biochemist and microbiologist. He received his M.D. from KeioUniversity in Japan in 1955 and became a faculty member at Harvard Medical School in 1963, before moving to University of California in 1969. He is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Nikaido is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Microbiology.He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, NIH Senior International Fellowship, Paul Ehrlich prize (1969), Hoechst-Roussel Award of American Society for Microbiology (1984), and Freedom-to-Discover Award for Distinguished Research in Infectious Diseases from Bristol-Myers Squibb (2004). He was an Editor of Journal of Bacteriology from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Nikaido has authored nearly 300research papers and reviews.

MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Knowledge in microbiology is growing exponentially through the determination of genomic sequences of hundreds of microorganisms and the invention of new technologies, such as genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, to deal with this avalanche of information. These genomic data are now exploited in thousands of applications, ranging frommedicine, agriculture, organic chemistry, public health, and biomass conversion, to biomining. Microbial Biotechnology focuses on uses of major societal importance, enabling an in-depth analysis of these critically important applications. Some, such as wastewater treatment, have changed only modestly over time; others, such as directed molecular evolution, or “green” chemistry, are as current as...