This book presents up-to-date information on a biotechnology approach for the utilization of agro-industrial residues, presenting chapters with detailed information on materials and bioconversion technology to obtain products of economic importance.

General.- Agro-Industrial Residue Utilization for Industrial Biotechnology Products.- Pre-treatment of Agro-Industrial Residues.- Production of Industrial Products Using Agro-Industrial Residues as Substrates.- Production of Organic Acids from Agro-Industrial Residues.- Biofuels.- Production of Protein-Enriched Feed Using Agro-Industrial Residues as Substrates.- Aroma Compounds.- Production of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites.- Microbial Pigments.- Production of Mushrooms Using Agro-Industrial Residues as Substrates.- Solid-State Fermentation Technology for Bioconversion of Biomass and Agricultural Residues.- Biotechnological Potential of Agro-Industrial Residues for Bioprocesses.- Biotechnological Potentials of Cassava Bagasse.- Sugarcane Bagasse.- Edible Oil Cakes.- Biotechnological Potential of Fruit Processing Industry Residues.- Wine Industry Residues.- Biotechnological Potential of Brewing Industry By-Products.- Biotechnological Potential of Cereal (Wheat and Rice) Straw and Bran Residues.- Palm Oil Industry Residues.- Enzymes Degrading Agro-Industrial Residues and Their Production.- Amylolytic Enzymes.- Cellulolytic Enzymes.- Pectinolytic Enzymes.- Ligninolytic Enzymes.- Bioconversion of Agro-Industrial Residues.- Anaerobic Treatment of Solid Agro-Industrial Residues.- Vermicomposting of Agro-Industrial Processing Waste.

Residues from agriculture and the food industry consist of many and varied wastes, in total accounting for over 250 million tonnes of waste per year in the UK alone. Biotechnological processing of these residues would allow these waste products to be used as a resource, with tremendous potential. An extensive range of valuable and usable products can be recovered from what was previously considered waste: including fuels, feeds and pharmaceutical products. In this way Biotechnology can offer many viable alternatives to the disposal of agricultural waste, producing several new products in the process.

This book presents up-to-date information on a biotechnology approach for the utilisation of agro-industrial residues, presenting chapters with detailed information on materials and bioconversion technology to obtain products of economic importance:

• The production of industrial products using agro-industrial residues as substrates
• The biotechnological potential of agro-industrial residues for bioprocesses
• Enzymes degrading agro-industrial residues and their production
• Bioconversion of agro-industrial residues

Written by experts in Biotechnological processing of Agro-Industrial Residues, this book will provide useful information for academic researchers and industry scientists working in biotechnology, waste management, agriculture and the food industry.

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