Mass Spectrometry in Biotechnological Process Analysis and Control (Paperback, 1987)

Instrumentation and Gas Analysis.- Developments in Mass Spectrometric Instrumentation Relevant to Biotechnology.- The Application of Single Detector Magnetic Sector Mass Spectrometer Systems in Fermentation Off-Gas and Liquid Analysis.- A Micro-Processor Controlled Multiple Inlet System for Mass Spectrometers in Biotechnology.- The Application of a Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer to Biotechnology Process Control.- Membrane Inlet Systems.- Membrane Inlets for On-Line Liquid-Phase Mass Spectrometric Measurements in Bioreactors.- Optimisation of a MS-Membrane Probe for the Measurement of Acetoin and Butanediol.- Methanogenesis in the Rumen: Mass Spectrometric Monitoring.- Gas Analysis and Membrane Probes: Round Table Discussion.- Applications and Computer Control.- Application of MS to Industrial Fermentation.- Characterization of Bioreactors by Mass Spectrometry Analysis.- Methanogenesis in Mesophilic and Thermophilic Anaerobic Digesters: Monitoring and Control Based on Dissolved Hydrogen.- On-Line Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Eight Gases During the Microbial Oxidation of Gaseous Hydrocarbons.- The Use of Mass Spectrometry in the Screening of Micro-Organisms on Productivity.- Pyrolysis-MS and HPLC-MS Interfacing.- Differentiation of Phage Sensitive and Phage Resistant Streptococcus Cremoris Strains by Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry and Discriminant Analysis of the Cell Walls.- Development of an On-Line Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry System for the On-Line Analysis of Fermentations.- Developments in HPLC-MS Interfacing.- Mass Spectrometry for Control of Fermentation: Round Table Discussion.- List of Participants and Speakers.