The purpose of the book is to present a thorough examination of the various advancements in the realm of food and industrial bioprocessing in a manner that is easily understandable for a wide range of readers who work in relevant essential disciplines. This book provides a comprehensive review of the development and implementation of processes for the production of antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals, pigments, biocatalysts, industrial sugars, bioenergy, alcohols, amino acids, organic acids, nanocomposites packaging materials, and specialty products using microbiology, fermentation, enzymes, and separation technology.

The book is intended to serve as a complete resource that can be utilized as a teaching text, reference material for advanced learners, and a sourcebook for researchers, practitioners, and technicians in research laboratories in the relevant disciplines.

Content

1. Prospects and Issues of BioprocessingNeelam Yadav and Anusha Ramani

2. Dietary Fibre Concentrates from Fruit by-Products:As Promising Source of PrebioticsUroosa Noor, Shashi Soni, Ena Gupta

3. Development of Starch-Based BioproductsNeelam Yadav and Neelam Dubey

4. Advances in Food Pigment ProductionPoonam Yadav and Amrita Poonia

5. Biocatalysts and Their Role in the Pharmaceutical IndustryRafiq A. Rather, Sonia Thapa, Madhulika Bhagat

6. Immobilized Enzymes A. Shobana, M. Priyadarshini, R. Shruthi, V. Aishwarya, M. Rajeswari, A. Sujatha and Anitha Subash

7. Prospects of FermentationTechnologyUrvashi Srivastava, Unaiza Iqbal, Pinki Saini and Vinita Puranik

8. Biopharmaceutical: Biochemical Properties, Productionand ApplicationsSwati Gupta and Shanthy Sundaram

9. Biosorption: Heavy Metals Removal Through Biofilmsand Microbial PolysaccharidesAnchal Singh, Mazia Ahmed, Pinki Saini and Devinder Kaur

10. Nutraceutical Potential of Food Byproduct and its UtilitiesPragya Mishra, Raghvendra Raman Mishra, Neelam Yadav

11. Pulses and Legume Based Fermented FoodsPinki Saini and Suman Devi

12. Role of Bioinformatics in Food IndustryAishwarya Vetrivel and Rajeswari Murugesan