Bioconversion of waste materials to industrial products / edited by A.M. Martin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of contributors Preface Preface to the first edition Pt. 1.The Principles of Bioconversion of Waste Materials 1.The enzymic treatment of waste materials / Peter Gacesa, John Hubble 2.Processes with immobilized enzymes and cells / Severian Dumitriu, Esteban Chornet 3.Solid substrate fermentation: a biotechnological approach to bioconversion of wastes / O. Paredes-Lopez, S. H. Guzman-Maldonado, A. Alpuche-Solis 4.Composting processes / S. P. Mathur Pt. 2.Bioconversion Applications 5.Bioprocessing of agro-residues to value added products / V. S. Bisaria 6.Use of photosynthetic bacteria for the production of SCP and chemicals from organic wastes / Ken Sasaki, Tohru Tanaka, Shiro Nagai 7.Utilization of starch industry wastes / Sudip K. Rakshit 8.Bioconversion of food processing wastes / G. Th. Kroyer 9. Bioconversion of cheese whey to organic acids / R. D. Tyagi, D. Kluepfel 10.Lignocellulosic wastes: biological conversion / P. S. Chahal, D. S. Chahal 11.Bioconversion of waste water from the pulp and paper industry / K. El Haji, V. Sachdeva, R. D. Tyagi 12.Fisheries waste biomass: bioconversion alternatives / A. M. Martin 13. Production of Bacillus thuringiensis biopesticides using waste materials / Maria De Lourdes Tirado Montiel, Rajeshwar D. Tyagi, Jose R. Valero 14. Biorecovery of metals from mining wastes / David S. Holmes Index