Polysaccharides and Polyamides in the Food Industry

A concise guide to the properties, production, patents and applications of polysaccharides and polyamides being successfully used in the food industry. Based on a selection of the very best articles from the "Biopolymers" series, each substance entry is similarly structured for an easy comparison of data. This comprehensive handbook features traditional and novel applications, such as sweet tasting proteins and is backed by extensive tables of patents.
More focused and affordable than the complete "Biopolymers" series, this is ideal for medium-sized laboratories and libraries for those working in the biotechnological and food industries.

Since 1994 Alexander Steinbuchel has been Full Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Institute for Microbiology at the University of Munster. After his PhD in 1983 he spent one year at the Rockefeller University New York and in 1992 he received the Philip Morris Research Award. Alexander Steinbuchel has over 250 publications to his name and has organized several symposia focusing on biopolymers.

Until 2004 Professor Sang Ki Rhee has been head of the Metabolic Engineering Laboratory at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) in Taejon where his research was focused on the functional genomics and redesigning of industrial microorganisms. Since 2004 Professor Rhee has been appointed Director General for Biotechnology at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Planning (ITEP) in Seoul.