Introduction: Background and purpose -- Pathways for terpenoid biosynthesis -- Terpenoids : types and their application -- Microbial hosts for the production of terpenoids -- Homologous and heterologous expression strategies in microbes -- Culture condition modulation for the high-yield and high-specificity terpenoid production -- Production of different classes of terpenoids from microbial sources -- Extraction and analysis of microbial terpenoids.