| Title |
The application of biotechnology to industrial sustainability. |
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| Imprint |
Paris : OECD, c2001. |
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| Description |
148 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Sustainable development
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| Contents |
Background and aims -- Industrial uses of biotechnology -- Alternative techniques of analysis -- Lessons from the case studies -- Kes issues and conclusions. |
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Case studies. Manufacture of riboflavin (vitamin B2) -- Production of 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid -- Biotechnological production of the antibiotic cephalexin -- Bioprocesses for the manufacture of amino acids -- Manufacture of S-chloropropionic acid -- Enzymatic production of acrylamide - Enzymatic synthesis of acrylic acid -- Enzyme-catalysed synthesis of polyesters -- Polymers from renewable resources -- A vegetable oil degumming enzyme -- Water recovery in a vegetable-processing company. |
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Removal of bleach residues in textile finishing -- Enzymatic pulp bleaching process -- Use of xylanase as a pulp brightener -- A life cycle assessment of enzyme bleaching of wood pulp -- On-site production of xylanase -- A gypsum-free zinc refinery -- Copper bioleaching technology -- Renewable fuels: ethanol from biomass -- The application of LCA software to bioethanol fuel -- Use of enzymes in oil-well completion. |
| Summary |
"Biotechnology can help improve the environmental friendliness of industrial activities and lower both capital expenditure and operating costs. It can also help reduce raw material and energy inputs and waste"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Subject(s) |
Biotechnology -- Environmental aspects.
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Enzymes -- Industrial applications.
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Industrial microbiology.
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| Alternate Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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