Types of Biotechnology Brochure
Types of Biotechnology Brochure
Types of Biotechnology Brochure
Ministry of
Tourism, Environment & Culture
Partners
Biotechnology would provide powerful tools for sustainable development of agriculture and food production can be significant
in meeting the needs of an expanding population
Department of Environment
Biotechnology
Biotechnology has been defined in many
ways mainly because it is a mixture of disciplines. It has foundations in fields like,
cell and molecular biology, physiology,
immunology, microbiology, genetics, biochemistry, medicine, agriculture, food science, environmental science, mining,
chemical and bioprocess engineering. Modern biotechnology is therefore defined as
the scientific manipulation of living organisms at the molecular level to produce useful products.
Types of Biotechnology
1. Medical biotechnology
Medical biotechnology is the use of microorganisms, such as bacteria or yeasts, transgenic plants and animals, or biological substances, such as enzymes, in specific industrial or manufacturing processes to produce
certain drugs, synthetic hormones, and bulk
foodstuffs.
2. Agricultural Biotechnology
Biotech Drugs
Animal biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing or production of materials by animals
or aquatic species to provide goods or services.
Examples of animal biotechnology include
generation of transgenic animals.
Cloned pigs
Bt Maize
3. Industrial Biotechnology
Industrial biotechnology is up-scaling of biological process from the lab scale to the industrial scale to come out with products for the
benefit of mankind. It includes the practice of
using cells or components of cells like enzymes to generate industrially useful products.