It is a comprehensive textbook presenting various aspects of biotechnology and microbiology in a cogent and lucid style to help the reader grasp the information quickly and easily. The entire text is divided into 20 chapters and each chapter presents updated material sufficient to meet the students? expectations from a basic textbook. It also includes recovery and purification of fermentation products, organic acids, amino acids and organic feedstock produced by fermentation. This textbook is an essential reading for all students, teachers, professionals, researchers and industrialists involved in chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, environmental science, microbiology, biotechnology and life sciences. The reference book also caters to the requirement of the syllabus prescribed by various Indian universities for undergraduates and postgraduates pursuing these courses.