Abstract
Biochemical processes have gained prime importance over the past five decades and have been used as a successful alternative to chemical processes in the production of various industrially important compounds. Biochemical reactions are driven by enzymes, which efficiently catalyze a chemical reaction and are cost-effective and highly specific when compared to chemical catalysts. Kinetics of enzymatic reactions should be studied in detail to understand the functioning of the enzymes and for enhanced productions of products. Factors including enzyme specificity, inhibitors, stability, and denaturation play vital roles in the rate of the enzymatic reactions. Understanding the microbial growth stoichiometry and growth kinetics is pivotal in designing enzyme bioreactors. The free enzyme kinetics, immobilization kinetics, microbial stoichiometry, microbial growth kinetics, enzyme bioreactor configurations, and design considerations are discussed. This chapter aims to provide an overview of the fundamentals behind the commercial production of industrially important metabolites from microbial and enzymatic processes.
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