Table of Contents

Preface.; Part I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Introduction to Biochemical Engineering.; Part II: ESSENTIAL LIFE SCIENCE; 2. Biomolecules.; 3. Microbial World.; 4. Metabolism and Bioenergetics.; 5. Functions of Cell.; Part III: KINETICS OF BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; 6. Kinetics of Enzymatic Reactions.; 7. Cell Growth and Product Formation.; Part IV: ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; 8. Transport Phenomena in Bioprocess Systems.; 9. Bioreactors and Scale-up.; 10. Downstream Processing.; 11. Environmental Technology.; 12. Recombinant DNA Technology. Bibliography. Index.

About the Author

MUKESH DOBLE is Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras. Prior to teaching, he served in the technology centres of ICI India and GE India. Dr. Doble received his Ph.D. from Aston University, UK and had his post-doctoral assignment at the University of Cambridge, UK and at Texas A&M University, USA. He has co-authored three other books and published about a hundred technical papers. SATHYANARAYANA N. GUMMADI is Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras. He has about a decade of teaching and research experience. Dr. Gummadi received his doctorate from IIT Madras and had his post-doctoral research assignment at Korea Research Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology, South Korea and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.