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1、MicrobialBiotechnologyMicrobialBiotechnologyUmaShankarSinghKiranKapoorOxfordBookCompanyJaipur.IndiaISBN:978-93-80179-24-7Edition2010OxfordBookCompany267,10-B-Scheme,Opp.NarayanNiwas,GopaJpuraByPassRoad,Jaipur-302018Phone:0141-2594705,Fax:0141-2597527e-mail:oxfordbook@sity.comwebsite:www
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4、iginallycreated/editedandresemblancewithanysuchpublicationmaybeincidental.ThePublisherbearsnoresponsibilityforthem,whatsoever.PrefaceMicrobesareorganismsthataretoosmalltobeseenbytheunaidedeye.Theyincludebacteria,fungi,protozoa,microalgae,andviruses.Microbesliveinfamiliarsettingssuchasso
5、il,water,food,andanimalintestines,aswellasinmoreextremesettingssuchasrocks,glaciers,hotsprings,anddeep-seavents.Thewidevarietyofmicrobialhabitatsreflectsanenormousdiversityofbiochemicalandmetabolictraitsthathavearisenbygeneticvariationandnaturalselectioninmicrobialpopulations.Historical
6、ly,humanshaveexploitedsomeofthismicrobialdiversityintheproductionoffermentedfoodssuchasbread,yogurt,andcheese.SomesoilmicrobesreleasenitrogenthatplantsneedforgrowthandemitgasesthatmaintainthecriticalcompositionoftheEarth'satmosphere.Microbialbiotechnology,enabledbygenomestudies,willlead
7、tobreakthroughssuchasimprovedvaccinesandbetterdisease-diagnostictools,improvedmicrobialagentsforbiologicalcontrolofplantandanimalpests,modificationsofplantandanimalpathogensforreducedvirulence,developmentofnewindustrialcatalystsandfermentationorganisnls,anddevelopmentofnewmicro