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Microbial Products: Technologies, Applications and Global Markets

Microbial Products: Technologies, Applications and Global Markets

Report Code: BIO086B

Publish Date: Aug 2013

Publisher: BCC Publishing

Category: Cell Biology

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Report Highlights

The total global market for microbes and microbial products was worth more than $117 billion in 2012.  The 2013 market is projected to approach $134 billion, and, by 2018, $179 billion, with a projected five year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6%.

Report Includes

  • An overview of the global market for microbes and microbial products.
  • Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2012, estimates for 2013, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2018.
  • Identifications of microbial applications in a wide range of fields, the applications and end uses that appear to have significant commercial potential in the near to mid-term, and quantitative estimates of their current and/or future sales.
  • Examination of market drivers, regulations, and recent technological developments.
  • Comprehensive company profiles of major players.

Report Scope

This report addresses the global market for microbes and microbial products used in commercial applications during the period from 2012 through 2018. These applications include agricultural, healthcare, manufacturing, energy and environmental applications.

Viruses are sometimes classified as microbes, but this report excludes them because they are non-living.

The format of this study includes the following major elements:

  • Summary.
  • Definitions.
  • Description of microbes.
  • End uses and applications of microbes.
  • Regulation.
  • Recent technological developments.
  • Market size and segmentation, 2012 to 2018.
  • Company profiles.
  • Key patents.
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Analyst Credentials

Andrew McWilliams spent more than 25 years as a consultant with Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Company and A.T. Kearny focused on manufacturing before segueing into research analysis. He has been covering myriad technology categories for BCC Research for more than 15 years. McWilliams has a BA from Princeton University and an MA from Harvard University. He has worked in more than 40 countries and he resides in the greater Boston area.

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Table of Contents

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Title/Chapter NamePagesMember Price
Full Report: Microbial Products: Technologies, Applications and Global Markets146Free
Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION4Free
Chapter- 2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY2Free
Chapter- 3: OVERVIEW15Free
Chapter- 4: AGRICULTURAL MARKET FOR MICROBES AND MICROBIAL PRODUCTS20Free
Chapter- 5: HEALTHCARE MARKET FOR MICROBES AND MICROBIAL PRODUCTS8Free
Chapter- 6: MANUFACTURING MARKET FOR MICROBES AND MICROBIAL PRODUCTS15Free
Chapter- 7: ENERGY MARKET FOR MICROBES AND MICROBIAL PRODUCTS22Free
Chapter- 8: ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET FOR MICROBES AND MICROBIAL PRODUCTS18Free
Chapter- 9: REGULATION10Free
Chapter- 10: C. CRAMER & CO. GMBH30Free
Chapter- 11: PATENT ANALYSIS2Free

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Report Includes

    Total Number of Tables in this Report: 49

  • Summary Table: GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICROBES AND MICROBIAL PRODUCTS THROUGH 2018
  • Table 1: MICROBE TEMPERATURE RANGES
  • Table 2: END USES/APPLICATIONS OF COMMERCIAL MICROBES
  • Table 3: GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICROBIAL PRODUCTS BY END-USE SECTOR THROUGH 2018
  • Table 4: GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETS FOR PRODUCTS MADE FROM MICROBES BY APPLICATION TYPE, THROUGH 2018
  • Table 5: SUPPLIERS OF MICROBIAL PESTICIDES
  • Table 6: PROJECTED GLOBAL SALES OF MICROBIAL PESTICIDES BY SEGMENT THROUGH 2018
  • Table 7: PROJECTED GLOBAL SALES OF BACTERIAL BIOPESTICIDES, THROUGH 2018
  • Table 8: SUPPLIERS OF BIOFERTILIZERS
  • Table 9: PROJECTED GLOBAL SALES OF MICROBIAL FERTILIZERS BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2018
  • Table 10: SUPPLIERS OF MICROBIAL ANIMAL AND FISH FEED ADDITIVES
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