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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