This volume deals with such topics as realities and trends in enzymatic prebleaching of Kraft pulp, biotransformation for l-ephedrine production, inclusion bodies and purification of proteins in biologically active forms, and extraction and purification of cephalosporin antibiotics.

Contributions by: P. Bajpai, P.K. Bajpai, D. Dochain, N.N. Dutta, A.C. Ghosh, R.K. Mathur, A. Mukhopadhyay, M. Perrier, P.L. Rogers, H.S. Shin, B. Wang