This reference/textbook is essential reading for Btech (Environmental Biotechnology/ Microbiology/Food Microbiology/Biomedical and Biochemical Engineering) and students pursuing BSc/MSc course in Biotechnology and Microbiology.

The book will appeal to professional food scientists as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students by addressing the latest exciting food biotechnology research in areas such as genetically modified foods (GMOs), bioenergy, bioplastics, functional foods/nutraceuticals. Besides students, this book will prove useful to industrialists, consultants and researchers in the respective fields.