The arts of the microbial world : fermentation science in twentieth-century Japan / Victoria Lee.
The arts of the microbial world : fermentation science in twentieth-century Japan / Victoria Lee.
The arts of the microbial world : fermentation science in twentieth-century Japan / Victoria Lee.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
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G 2021/3419
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English
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325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2021.
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"The Arts of the Microbial World explores how Japanese scientists and skilled workers sought to use the microbe's natural processes to create new products, from soy-sauce mold starters to MSG and from vitamins to statins. In traditional brewing houses as well as in the food, fine chemical, and pharmaceutical industries across Japan, they showcased...
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The arts of the microbial world : fermentation science in twentieth-century Japan / Victoria Lee.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-316) and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/3419
Record Identifier
74VKarE2R23l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKarE2R23l
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ISBN
9780226812748
DDC
572.49
MMS ID
991024443828002626
