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BODSaccharomyces cerevisiae.

Common Bakers Yeast,


Wine production
10,000 and 15,000 years
ago, a Mesopotamian
farmer likely discovered
the process
Replicates by budding
Eukaryotic system
Antibody production
Plasmids
Industrial and Food Production
Industrial Microbiology - Use of
microbes to obtain a product or service of
economic value constitutes industrial
microbiology.
Any process mediated by or involving
microorganisms in which a product of
economic value is obtained is called
fermentation
The terms industrial microbiology and
fermentation are virtually synonymous in
their scope, objectives and activities.
The microbial product may be microbial
cells (living or dead), microbial biomass,
and components of microbial cells,
intracellular or extracellular enzymes or
chemicals produced by the microbes
utilizing the medium constituents or the
provided substrate.
Products & Services

Degradation of Industrial
organic wastes microbiology also
Detoxification of encompasses
industrial wastes and activities like
toxic compounds, to production of
the degradation of biocontrol agents,
petroleum to manage inoculants used as
oil spills biofertilizers, etc.
The activities in industrial microbiology
begin with the isolation of microorganisms
from nature,
their screening for product formation,
improvement of product yields,
maintenance of cultures
mass culture using bioreactors
end with the recovery of products and their
purification.
Industrial production from Microbes
Foods
Additives (i.e.. Vitamins)
Whole Microbial foods (i.e.. Mushrooms, Yeast paste,
Single-cell-protein)
Fermentation products (Preservatives, Milk products,
alcohol production, cooking oil)
Antibiotics
Bioconversions (Bioremediation)
Medical or Research (Molecular Biology
enzymes, pharmaceuticals)
Metabolic Products (Cleaners)
Whole microbial foods
Single-Cell-Proteins-
mostly animal feeds
Yeasts paste
Mushrooms, Truffles,
and Morels
Cheese production
Starter Culture- Typically produces acids, use
up milk sugars, pH drops typically added with
Rennin (Cloned gene product)
Other organisms kick in as pH changes
Proteins ppt. out of solution (Miss Muffet)
Presses to remove excess water (whey).
Secondary cultures added, bacterial or fungal
Contamination generally not immediately a
problem
Types of Cheeses
Colby, Cheddar, Cottage- 1 Lactococcus lactis
Gouda, Havarti- 1 Lactococcus lactis; 2 Leuconostoc
sp.
Limburger - 1 Lactococcus lactis; 2 Geotrichium
candidum, Brevibacterium, Micrococcus
Camembert- 1 Lactococcus lactis; 2 Penicillium
camemberti
Blue- 1 Lactococcus lactis; 2 Penicillium roqueforti
Swiss- 1 Streptococcus thermophilus, 2
Propionibacterium freundenreichii
Yogurt, et al.
Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus
delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus
Buttermilk- 1 Lactococcus lactis; 2
Leuconostoc sp.
Grape Preparation
Further Distillation
Brandy-Wine
Rum- Molasses
fermentation
Ales, Whisky-
Brewing
Vodka, Moonshine-
potatoes
Gin- Juniper berries
Other fermentation products
Soy Sauce- Aspergillus
Tobacco
Coffee and Tea- Erwinia
Sauerkraut, Kimchi
Green Olives
Country-cured Hams Aspergillus, Penicillin
Yeast- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Bread to make breads rise
Alcohol production
Antibody production?
Some uses of Amino Acids
Glutamate- MSG
Asparatate-Make less tart
Glycine-Sweetener
Metabolites
Primary vs.
Secondary
metabolites
Fermentation
processes
Antibiotics and amino
acids
How to increase
yield?
More places than you think
65% of all foods made with the help of
microorganisms
Additives
Preservatives
Sweeteners
Detergents
What do detergents need to be able to do?
Indiana
Fermentation: Streptomyces
Bioinsecticides (Spinosin)-Dow
AgroSciences
Antibiotics: Lilly:
Tylosin is a macrolide antibiotic produced
by a strain of Streptomyces fradiae. The
compound is active against most gram-
positive bacteria, mycoplasma and certain
gram-negative bacteria.
Historically: Insulin, Penicillin

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