Engineering and Manufacturing for Biotechnology

ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY VOLUME 4

FOCUS ON BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume 4

Series Editors MARCEL HOFMAN Centre for Veterinary and Agrochemical Research, Tervuren, Belgium JOZEF ANNÉ Rega Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium

Volume Editors MARCEL HOFMAN Société de Chimie Industrielle, Centre for Veterinary and Agrochemical Research, Tervuren, Belgium PHILIPPE THONART Faculté Univ. des Sciences Agronomiques Gembloux, Centre Wallon de Biologie Industrielle, Belgium

Colophon Focus on Biotechnology is an open-ended series of reference volumes produced by Kluwer Academic Publishers BV in co-operation with the Branche Belge de la Société de Chimie Industrielle a.s.b.l. The initiative has been taken in conjunction with the Ninth European Congress on Biotechnology. ECB9 has been supported by the Commission of the European Communities, the General Directorate for Technology, Research and Energy of the Wallonia Region, Belgium and J Chabert, Minister for Economy of the Brussels Capital Region. The series is edited by Marcel Hofman, Centre for Veterinary and Agrochemical Research, Tervuren, and Jozef Anné, Rega Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium.

Engineering and Manufacturing for Biotechnology Volume 4

Edited by

MARCEL HOFMAN Société de Chimie Industrielle, Centre for Veterinary and Agrochemical Research, Tervuren, Belgium and

PHILIPPE THONART Faculté Univ. des Sciences Agronomiques Gembloux, Centre Wallon de Biologie Industrielle, Belgium

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