Fermentation: A Process for Biofertilizer Production

Abstract

The uniqueness of microorganisms and their often unpredictable nature and biosynthetic capabilities, given a specific set of environmental and cultural condi- tions, has made them likely candidates for solving particularly difficult problems in the life sciences and other fields as well. The various ways in which micro- organisms have been used over the past 50 years to advance medical technology, human and animal health, food process- ing, food safety and quality, genetic en- gineering, environmental protection, ag- ricultural biotechnology, and more effec- tive treatment of agricultural and munici- pal wastes provide a most impressive re- cord of achievement. Many of these tech- nological advances would not have been possible using straightforward chemical and physical engineering methods, or if they were, they would not have been practically or economically feasible