Presents the most recent international developments in biotechnology and bioprocessing based on papers presented at the Ninth International Bioprocessing Symposium, held in August 1992. Offers contributions from leading industrial and academic researchers in biotechnology and bioprocessing. Topics include recombinant technology for production of polypeptides, plant metabolites, and antibiotics; industrial microbiology and physiology; biocatalysis; bioreactor
engineering; downstream processing; bioinstrumentation and bioprocess control; biotechnology applied to energy; environmental engineering and biology; agriculture and food biotechnology; biotechnology in developing countries; and policy issues in biotechnology.