Foundations of Biochemical Engineering. Kinetics and Thermodynamics in Biological Systems

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Content: Models of gene function : general methods of kinetic analysis and specific ecological correlates / Michael A. Savageau -- Kinetics of enzyme systems / David F. Ollis -- Optimization of fermentation processes through the control of in vivo inactivation of microbial biosynthetic enzymes / Spyridon N. Agathos and Arnold L. Demain -- Microbial regulatory mechanisms : obstacles and tools for the biochemical engineer / H.E. Umbarger -- Mathematical models of the growth of individual cells : tools for testing biochemical mechanisms / M.L. Shuler and M.M. Domach -- Single-cell metabolic model determination by analysis of microbial populations / James E. Bailey -- A cybernetic perspective of microbial growth / Doraiswami Ramkrishna -- Strategies for optimizing microbial growth and product formation / Charles L. Cooney -- Interactions of microbial populations in mixed culture situations / A.G. Fredrickson -- The role of specialists and generalists in microbial population interactions / J.G. Kuenen -- Microbial predation dynamics / M.J. Bazin, C. Curds, A. Dauppe, B.A. Owen, and P.T. Saunders -- Effects of cell motility properties on cell populations in ecosystems / Douglas A. Lauffenburger -- Macroscopic thermodynamics and the description of growth and product formation in microorganisms / J.A. Roels -- Ion pumps as energy transducers / Erich Heinz -- Kinetics and transport phenomena in biological reactor design / M. Moo-Young and H.W. Blanch -- Reactor design fundamentals : hydrodynamics, mass transfer, heat exchange, control, and scale-up / Ales Prokop -- Immobilized cells : catalyst preparation and reaction performance / J. Klein and K.-D. Vorlop -- Dissolved oxygen contours in Pseudomonas ovalis colonies / H.R. Bungay, P.M. Pettit, and A.M. Drislane -- Stochastic growth patterns generated by Phycomyces sporangiophores / R. Igor Gamow and David E. Clough -- Growth characteristics of microorganisms in solid state fermentation for upgrading of protein values of lignocelluloses and cellulase production / D.S. Chahal -- Molecular size distribution of starch during enzymatic hydrolysis / J.E. Rollings, M.R. Okos, and G.T. Tsao -- Thermochemical optimization of microbial biomass-production and metabolite-excretion rates / Alician V. Quinlan -- Kinetics of yeast growth and metabolism in beer fermentation / Ivan Marc, Jean-Marc Engasser, Manfred Moll, and Bruno Duteurtre -- Growth inhibition kinetics for the acetone-butanol fermentation / Jeanine M. Costa and Antonio R. Moreira.