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Bprresen, T. and Adler-Nissen, J. (1988) Food and agricultural biotechnology, future application and needs Status and perspectives in the processing of food and food ingredients. Biotech-Forum 5(5), 346-353. 

In spite of the fact that biotechnology rather than chemical processing will probably provide the future greatly needed chirally pure compounds (ref. 1), we believe that simple chemical reactions starting from chiral natural compounds and proceeding under stereochemical control will eventually retain full importance. On the above grounds, we report on simple reactions which start from a-aminoacids, as an example of utilization of natural compounds, and move to related bromine containing compounds (Fig. 1). 

The gradual transition towards the biobased economy brings opportunities for developing countries to leapfrog beyond the petroleum era and into a cleaner, greener and more renewable future based on biotechnology knowledge. 

The need of modern science to achieve a sustainable future development has been shown in many circumstances in society. Finding strategies less harmful to the environment has been a quest for research in several areas, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and food industries. With that purpose, the increase in research and development of more applications of xylan and its derivatives has shown the versatility of this biopolymer, thus helping the search for sustainable alternatives. 

As will be evident from the above discussion many valuable chemicals can be made from renewable resources. In many cases current production methods fail to compete effectively with routes from fossil sources. With advances in biotechnology and increasing oil prices, renewable feedstocks will become more commercially attractive, especially for fine, speciality and pharmaceutical chemicals. If future bulk chemical production were to... 

Maury, J. et ah. Microbial isoprenoid production example of green chemistry through metabolic engineering, in Biotechnology for the Future, Springer-Verlag, Berlin,... 

In terms of the carbanion equivalent, the enolase superfamily has a strong relation with decarboxylation reaction. This family is characteristic in its promiscuity. If one is reminded of the phrase lock and key theory for the relation between the substrate and the enzyme, the word promiscuity of the enzyme may be unbelievable. However, in addition to natural promiscuity, we can change the enzyme to be promiscuous by introducing mutation, especially in the case of the enolase superfamily. This will be one of the challenging problems in future. For that purpose, biotechnology and informatics skill will be essential tool in addition to precise analysis of the reaction mechanism. 

Senaratne, W., Andruzzi, L. and Ober, C. K. (2005) Self-assembled monolayers and polymer brushes in biotechnology Current applications and future perspectives. Biomacromolecules, 6, 2427-2448. 

Effective management of microbiology collections requires that the cultures meet current and future international standard requirements of biotechnology industries. The knowledge and competence of the scientists performing cell culture work obviously impact the quality of the cultures. 

Biotechnology and Materials Science Chemistry for the Future Good, M. L, Ed. American Chemical Society Washington, DC, 1987. 

Banerjee, A., Sharma, R. and Banerjee, U.C. (2002) The nitrile-degrading enzymes current status and future prospects. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 60, 33 14. 

Georgiou, G. and Segatori, L. (2005) Preparative expression of secreted proteins in bacteria status report and future prospects. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 16 (5), 538-545. 

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