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The main subject of the "Ill. Rotenburger Fermentation Symposium" is enzyme technology. Enzyme technology could be simply defined as the scientific study of proteinaceous catalysts derived from living organisms and the application of the knowledge to solve specific problems. The scope of the application of enzyme technology ranges from medical to industrial uses and in the future even living organisms as a source of enzymes may be replaced by fully synthetic enzymes - "synzymes". Although enzyme technology still remains a particular field of biotechnology, the extremely rapid rate of expansion and the enormous increase in the diversifica tion of all aspects of enzyme technology during the immediate past has created a certain tendency to separate biotechnology and enzyme technology from each other. Certainly, those areas of biotechnology characterized by astounding advances are enzyme technology, bioreactor development and genetic manipula tion as related to biotechnological processes. However, a glance at many of the common problems of biotechnology and enzyme technology such as diffusion barriers, reactor design, mass transport, substrate or product inhibition pheno mena and the effect of physical-chemical parameters on process kinetics reveals that these two fields are inseparable with respect to research and application.
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Enzyme Technology ill. Rotenburg Fermentation Symposium 1982 SchloBhotel »Wtlhelmshohe« Kassel 22nd-24th September 1982 Edited by R M. Lafferty with the Assistance of E. Maier in Co-operation with B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen With 182 Figures Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo 1983 o. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Robert MacIntyre Lafferty Institut fUr Biotechnologie, Mikrobiologie und AtJfalltechnologie Technische Universitiit Graz A-8010 Graz, Osterreich Dr. Erika Maier Wissenschaftl. Oberrat am Institut fUr Biotechnologie, Mikrobiologie und Abfalltechnologie Technische Universitiit Graz A-80l0 Graz, Osterreich ISBN-13 :978-3-540-12479-5 e-ISBN-13 :978-3-642-69148-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-69148-5 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Rotenburger Symposium (3rd: 1982: Kassel, Germany) Enzyme Technology. 1. Enzymes Industrial Applications Congresses. I. Lafferty, R. M. (Robert MacIntyre) II. Maier, E. III. Title TP248.E5R67 1982660.6383-10245 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copiers are made for other than private use a fee is payable to 'Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort', Munich. © Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1983 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. 2127/3020-543210 Preface The main subject of the "Ill. Rotenburger Fermentation Symposium" is enzyme technology. Enzyme technology could be simply defined as the scientific study of proteinaceous catalysts derived from living organisms and the application of the knowledge to solve specific problems. The scope of the application of enzyme technology ranges from medical to industrial uses and in the future even living organisms as a source of enzymes may be replaced by fully synthetic enzymes - "synzymes". Although enzyme technology still remains a particular field of biotechnology, the extremely rapid rate of expansion and the enormous increase in the diversification of all aspects of enzyme technology during the immediate past has created a certain te