Bibliography: leaves 167-176. / xvi, 176 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / The aim of this thesis is to characterise a bacterial expression system for recombinant production of proteins with relevance to industry. Recombinant protein expression under control of stationary-phase inducible promoters is characterised, and the expression levels are quantitatively compared with those under control of IPTG-inducible promoters. A number of bacterial expression systems are constructed using promoter::cat transcriptional fusions. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Depts. of Microbiology and Immunology and Chemical Engineering, 1997