ForewordAlongwiththedevelopmentofbiochemistry,cellphysiology,appliedmolecularbiology,geneticengineeringandmetabolicengineering,agreatchangeinindustrialfermentationisbeingmadefromtechniquetoscience.Todaywhenmuchaccountofbiotechnologyhasbeenmade,itshouldbenecessarytoreconsider,inthelevelofscience,thebreedingandfermentationtechnologyasawholeforindustrialfermentation.Basedonthegeneralizationandcrystallizationoftheresearchesindesigning-breedingandfermentationtechnology,andtheresearchinteachingoffermentationprinciplesandmicrobialphysiology,apresentationofthethreeviewpointsofindustrialfermentation,hereinbelow,wasgivenatSchoolofBiotechnology,WuxiUniversityofLightIndustryin1997.ThreeBasicViewpointsofIndustrialFermentationZhangXingyuan(WuxiUniversityofLightIndustry,China)E-mail:starxyz@public1.wx.js.cnAbstractFermentationistheprocessesinwhichmicrobialpopulationfunctions.Thoseprocessesaresupportedandmaintainedbythethreekindsofflow:1.theelectronflowwhichoperatesalongwithenergy-formtransformation,2.themetabolitefluxeswhichoperatealongwithdissimilationandassimilation,3.theinformationflowwhichoperatesalongwiththemetabolicregulationsindifferentlevels.Onthebasisoftheanalysisoftheoperationrulesofabovethreekindsofflow,thethreebasicviewpointsofindustrialfermentationareputforward:1.theviewpointofenergysupport,2.theviewpointofmetabolicnetwork,3.theviewpointofcelleconomy.Thoseviewpointsmayrevealthebiologicalattribution,thepowerandpotentialityofindustrialfermentation,aswellasthebehaviorcriterionofindustrialfermentation.ThreebasicviewpointsofindustrialfermentationPartoneThreebasicViewpointsofindustrialfermentationParttwoBasicconceptionsoffermentationprinciplesPartone:Threebasicviewpointsofindustrialfermentation•Theviewpointofenergysupport——CellEnergetics•Theviewpointofmetabolicnetwork——CellSecondAnatomy•Theviewpointofcell-economy——Cell-economy1.TheviewpointofenergysupportMicrobialcellsaretheproducersofthetarget-products(ordesirableproducts)forindustrialfermentation.Itisnecessary...
