| Product / Activity |
Examples |
| Products |
|
| 1. Amino acids |
L-glutarnic acid, L-lysine |
| 2. Antibiotics |
Streptomycin, penicillin, tetracyc1ines, polymyxin |
| 3. Beverages |
Wine, beer, distilled beverages |
| 4. Biodegradable plastic |
β-polyhydroxybutyrate |
| 5. Enzymes |
Amylase, proteases, pectinases, invertase, cellulase |
| 6. Flavouring agents |
Monosodium glutamate, nucleotides |
| 7. Foods |
Cheese, pickles, yoghurt, bread, vinegar |
| 8. Gases |
CO2, H2,CH4 |
| 9. Organic acids |
Lactic, citric, acetic, butyric, fumaric |
| 10. Organic solvents |
Acetone, ethanol, butanol, amyl alcohol |
| 11. Others |
Glycerol, fats, steroids, gibberellins |
| 11 a. Vitamins |
B12, riboflavin, A |
| 12. Recombinant proteins |
Insulin, interferon, subunit vaccines |
| 13. Substrates |
A wide range of compounds used for chemical syntheses of valuable products. |
| Cells/Biomass |
|
| 14. Biomass |
Food and feed yeast, other organisms used as single cell protein (SCP) |
| 15. Cells |
Biofertilizers, biocontrol agents, bacterial insecticides, mycorrhyzae |
| 16. Vaccines |
A variety of viral and bacterial vaccines |
| Activities |
|
| Biotransformation |
Steroids, antibiotics D-sorbitol |
| Degradation |
Disposal of biological and industrial wastes, detoxification of toxic compounds, petroleum |
| Solubilization/accumulation |
Improved recovery of oil and metals, discovery of new oil reserves, removal of toxic metals |
