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The Prokaryotes

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This chapter places applied microbiology and biotechnology into a historical perspective and then presents an overview of some of the general principles related to the biotechnology of prokaryotes. Topics discussed include antibiotics, biochemical engineering, applications of genetic engineering, bioremediation, bacterial pharmaceutical products, diagnostic microbiology, food microbiology, and legal protection in biotechnology. Applied microbiology is constantly expanding and new areas are being created. In the near future, the fields of prebiotics and probiotics, enzyme engineering, applied microbial ecology, and biofuels look particularly promising.

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  1. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Dr. Eugene Rosenberg

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  1. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  2. Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Edward F. DeLong

  3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Stephen Lory

  4. Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

  5. Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Fabiano Thompson

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Rosenberg, E. (2013). Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology. In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30194-0_13

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