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chapter 1. Microbial biotechnology : an introduction / Farshad Darvishi Harzevili -- chapter 2. Screening of microbial metabolites and bioactive components / R. Baskaran, P.M. Mohan, S. Ganesamoorthy, and Ashok K. Rathoure -- chapter 3. Metagenomics as advanced screening methods for novel microbial metabolites / Sakshi Sharma and Jyoti Vakhlu -- chapter 4. Genetic engineering of nonconventional yeasts for the production of valuable compounds / Andriy Sibirny, Catherine Madzak, and Patrick Fickers -- chapter 5. Induced anhydrobiosis : powerful method for preservation of industrial microorganisms / Armando Hern?ndez Garc?a -- chapter 6. Recent developments in solid-state fermentation : Chinese herbs as substrate / Hongzhang Chen and Guanhua Li -- chapter 7. Microbial biofuels production / Anoop Singh and Poonam Singh Nigam -- chapter 8. Microbial production of organic acids / Sarafadeen Olateju Kareem and Temitope Banjo -- chapter 9. Microbial amino acids production / Zafar Alam Mahmood -- chapter 10. Probiotics : the possible alternative to disease chemotherapy / Adel M. Mahasneh and Muna M. Abbas -- chapter 11. Microbial healthcare products / Zafar Alam Mahmood and Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood -- chapter 12. Microbial biomass production / Ashok K. Rathoure -- chapter 13. Microbial biofertilizers and their pilot-scale production / Santosh Kumar Sethi, Jayanti Kumari Sahu, and Siba Prasad Adhikary -- chapter 14. Bacterial biocontrol agents / Rikita Gupta and Jyoti Vakhlu -- chapter 15. Microbial biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons / Pankaj Kumar Jain. "Preface Microbial biotechnology is a technology based on microbiology. Microbial biotechnology is the use of microorganisms and their derivatives to make or modify specific products or processes. Microbial biotechnology is closely related to applied and industrial microbiology. Microbial biotechnology is sometimes considered synonymous with modern industrial microbiology. The microorganisms used in industrial processes are natural, laboratory-selected mutants, or genetically engineered strains to obtain an economically valuable product or activity on a commercial and large scale. Natural and mixed microbial strains were used in ancient or traditional industrial microbiology, whereas pure or mutant microbial strains are used in classic industrial microbiology. The use of genetically engineered microbial strains began with modern industrial microbiology or microbial biotechnology. Microbial biotechnology is an interdisciplinary field, and successful development in this field requires major contributions a wide range of disciplines, particularly microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, chemistry, chemical engineering, mathematics, computer technology, and so on. Recently, new methods of metabolic engineering, industrial systems biology, bioinformatics, and X-omics science such as genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, fluxomics, and even nanobiotechnology, have been used to find and modify microorganisms with industrial capacity and their valuable products. In general, the creation of products in industrial microbiology and microbial biotechnology are typically investigated under upstream processes, fermentation processes, and downstream processes"--Provided by publisher.