VPB 321: Animal Biotechnology (2+1)

FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY 

• Fermentation forms the core of the old biotechnology and continues to constitute the most fundamental and the most mature area of contemporary biotechnology.
• Man has been using fermentation technology for the processing of food and beverages since time immemorial. One of the earliest applications of fermentation technology was in the brewing industry. Later, it was used for the production of chemicals, and still later, of antibiotics.
• "Fermentation" may be defined as the biochemical activity of a microorganism in its growth, development, reproduction and possibly even senescence and death. A fermenter may likewise be defined as the "container, whether conceptual or physical, which contains the fermentation".
• A fermentor is the person who operates or controls the fermentation process in a fermenter.