Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Mohammad J. Taherzadeh is professor in Biotechnology since 2004 at University of Borås in Sweden. He is also director of Resource Recovery, a research profile with about 50 researchers to convert wastes to energy and value-added products. Prof. Taherzadeh has PhD in Bioscience and MSc and Bsc in Chemical Engineering. He is working on converting wastes and residuals to ethanol, biogas, fish feed and superabsorbents, in which fermentation development using bacteria, yeast and filamentous fungi has a heavy weight. Prof. Taherzadeh has more than 120 publications in scientific peer-reviewed journals, 10 book chapters and two patents about filamentous fungi. Mohammad is the panel chairman of “biotechnology, chemical technology and environmental technology” of Swedish Research Council, and also in the editorial board of Bioresource Technology and BioResources. Jorge A. Ferreira is Assistant Professor at the Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Boras in Sweden. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, etc. He has 16 patents, edited 125 books, and authored over 1000 papers and book chapters.

1. Introduction (world of fungi and fungi ecosystem)
2. Fungal biotechnology
3. Fungal biology
4. Mycotoxins
5. Sampling, preservation, and growth monitoring of filamentous fungi
6. Wastes, residuals, and wastewaters as feedstocks for filamentous fungi growth
7. Filamentous fungi morphology in industrial aspects
8. Bioreactors and engineering of filamentous fungi cultivation
9. Filamentous fungi processing by solid-state fermentation
10. Production of enzymes by filamentous fungi
11. Production of bioactive compounds by filamentous fungi
12. Filamentous fungi for food
13. Filamentous fungi for feed
14. Production of alcohols by filamentous fungi
15. Production of organic acids by filamentous fungi
16. Production of antibiotics by filamentous fungi
17. Biopolymers from filamentous fungi
18. Versatility of filamentous fungi in novel processes