The increasing need for environmentaly friendly agricultural practices is driving the use of
fertilizers based on beneficial microorganisms. The latter belong to a wide array of genera …

The interest in biofertilizers is increasing and so is the potential for their use in sustainable
agriculture. However, many of the products that are currently available worldwide are often …

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been extensively used for four decades in biopesticidal
formulations due to its safe environmental and human health records. The widespread use …

Growth and δ-endotoxin yield of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) subsp kurstaki in tryptic soy yeast
extract (TSY) medium, soybean meal based commercial medium and wastewater sludge …

Key aspects of foaming and its mitigation in fermentation systems are presented. Foam
properties and behavior, conditions that affect foaming, and consequences of foaming are …

The inoculation of legumes with rhizobia is used to maximise nitrogen fixation and enhance
the plant yield without using N fertilisers. For this reason many inoculant types were …

Substantial research has been carried out on sustainable waste activated sludge (WAS)
management in the last decade. In addition to the traditional approach to reduce its …

L-Tyrosine (L-tyr) overproducing Escherichia coli strain derived from an L-phenylalanine (L-
phe) overproducing strain is characterized in 10 L and 200 L scale fermentations. Deletion …

Until now, no comprehensive handbook on industrial biocatalysis has been available.
Soliciting chapters on virtually every aspect of biocatalysis from international experts most …

Foam formation can lead to total failure of digestion process in biogas plants. In the present
study, possible correlation between foaming and the presence of specific microorganisms in …