Industrial and Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Industrial Media and Process Manipulation

The use of a good, adequate, and industrially usable medium is as important as the deployment of a suitable microorganism in industrial microbiology. Unless the medium is adequate, no matter how innately productive the organism is, it will not be possible to harness the organism’s full industrial potentials. Indeed not only may the production of the desired product be reduced but toxic materials may be produced. Liquid media are generally employed in industry because they require less space, are more amenable to engineering and bioprocess, and eliminate the cost of providing agar and other solid agents.