Microbial Exopolysaccharides: Production and Applications

This book offers a complete coverage of microbial refinery for exopolysaccharides (EPS) production, including genetic improvements, production techniques, biotechnological applications in food, cosmetics, health and environment sector, economic perspectives, and commercialization of EPS products. It focuses on exopolysaccharides production from an organism perspective to offer a complete picture from isolation of microbes to commercialization of EPS-based products. It covers strategies for EPS production and future perspectives and the potential of microbial refinery.

Features:

• Provides a concise introduction to the science, biology, technology, and application of exopolysaccharides (EPS)
• Details upstream and downstream steps in EPS production from microbial resources
• Acts as a complete guide from production to commercialization
• Explores the potential application of EPS for socioeconomical benefits
• Discusses the EPS applications in food, cosmetics, health, and bioremediation approach for clean and sustainable development

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in fermentation technology, biochemical engineering, and biotechnology.

Shashi Kant Bhatia is an Associate professor in the Department of Biological Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, and has more than ten years’ experience in the area of biowastes valorization into bioenergy, biochemicals, and biomaterials. He earned an MSc and a PhD in biotechnology at Himachal Pradesh University (India). He has qualified JNU combined biotechnology entrance, DBT-JRF, GATE, CSIR exams.

Parmjit Singh Panesar is working as Professor & Dean (Planning & Development), Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology Longowal, Punjab, India. Prof. Panesar has also worked as Dean (Research & Consultancy), and Head, Department of Food Engineering & Technology, SLIET Longowal, India. His research is focused in the area of Food Biotechnology especially bioprocessing of food industry by-products, food enzymes, prebiotics (lactulose, GOS), biopigments etc.

Sanjeet Mehariya is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. He earned a PhD in engineering at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy. Dr. Mehariya’s research expertise includes the development of blue-bioeconomy through the algal biorefinery, the production of value-added chemical and the formulation of functional food from algal biomass, and agro-industrial waste-based resource recovery.