Prokaryotes

Eugene Rosenberg, Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University, Israel.-  Edward F. DeLong, Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.-  Fabiano Thompson, Professor at Center of Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-  Stephen Lory, Professor at Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.-  Erko Stackebrandt, Director of the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany.

• Preface.- Foreword.- About the Editors.- List of Contributors.- Organic Acid and Solvent Production: Acetic, Lactic, Gluconic, Succinic and Polyhydroxyalkanoic Acids.- Organic Acid and Solvent Production: Butanol, Acetone and Isopropanol; 1,3- and 1,2-Propanediol Production; and 2,3-Butanediol Production.- Organic Acid and Solvent Production: Propionic and Butyric Acids and Ethanol.- Amino Acid Production.- Microbial Exopolysaccharides.- Bacterial Enzymes.- Diversity and Biotechnological Applications of Prokaryotic Enzymes.- Bacteria in Food and Beverage Production.- Bacterial Pharmaceutical Products.- Biosurfactants.- Bioremediation.- Biodeterioration.- Microbial Biofilms.- Biofuels.- The Metabolic Pathways of Biodegradation.