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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Industrial microbiology

İpek Kurtböke A and Ian Macreadie B
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A GeneCology Research Centre and Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
University of the Sunshine Coast
Maroochydore DC, Qld 4558 Australia
Email: ikurtbok@usc.edu.au

B School of Science
RMIT University
Bundoora, Vic. 3083, Australia
Tel: +61 3 9925 6627
Email: ian.macreadie@rmit.edu.au

Microbiology Australia 38(2) 51-51 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA17025
Published: 10 May 2017

Abstract

The exploitation of microorganisms has been part of humankind for millennia. Today this use has increased immensely as we re-purpose microorganisms in many novel ways to facilitate processes in food, pharmaceutical, detergent and mining industries. This issue of Microbiology Australia includes a brief look at the breadth of Industrial Microbiology and what it is offering us now and into the future.