Biotechnology: Process and Application

Biotechnology is branch of biology, which deals with the techniques of using live organisms, enzymes or biological process to produce products and provide services for human welfare.

 

Traditional Biotechnology

-Curd

-Bread

-Wine and other alcoholic beverages

Modern Biotechnology

-Vitamins

-anitbiotics

 

Techniques in Biotechnology

-Recombinant DNA technology

-Tissue culture

-Protoplast fusion

-New plant breeds ability to grow

-less fertilizer

-poor soil

-Cell catalysis

-Immobilized enzymes

-Protein engineering

 

EFB [European Federation of Biotechnology] - Definition of Biotechnology:

Biotechnology is the integration of natural science and organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for product and services.