Includes bibliographical references and index.

volume 1. Scientific fundamentals of biotechnology / volume editor, Michael Butler, National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), Dublin, Ireland -- volume 2. Engineering fundamentals of biotechnology / volume editor, Colin Webb, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom -- volume 3. Industrial biotechnology and commodity products / volume editor, Antonio Moreira, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States ; section editor, Fengwu Bai, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China -- volume 4. Agricultural and related biotechnologies / volume editor, Bernard Grodzinski, University of Guelph, ON, Canada ; section editors, Pavneesh Madan, University of Guelph, ON, Canada, Massimo Marcone, University of Guelph, ON, Canada -- volume 5. Medical biotechnology and healthcare / volume editors, Zhanfeng Cui, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Hua Ye, Unversity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom -- volume 6. Environmental and related biotechnologies / volume editors, Spiros N. Agathos, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and School of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech Universtiy, Urcuqui, Ecuador, Benoit Stenuit, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.