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Environmental Biotechnology refers to the use of micro-organisms and other living systems to solve current environmental problems such as the detoxification of pollutants and clean-up of oil tanker spills. It helps to assess the well-being of ecosystems, transform pollutants into benign substances, generate biodegradable materials from renewable sources, and develop environmentally safe manufacturing and disposal processes. It also provides new approaches for ...
From the discoveries of Watson and Crick to the appearance of Dolly the Sheep, the last fifty years have ushered in a revolution of knowledge in how organisms develop, function, and replicate. Scientist are now engaged in an epic task that will catapult the revolution to new heights: the sequencing of the human genome. We currently find ourselves crossing the threshold of major capability, with more power to create and change living beings than ever before. The ...
Most major classes of the Earth’s organisms are primarily or exclusively marine, so the oceans represent a source of unique genetic information. Even-though the oceans offer abundant resources for research and development, the potential of this domain as the basis for new biotechnologies remains largely unexplored has been growing in the recent years, and recent developments in molecular biology promise fundamentally new approaches and ...
Applied Microbiology suggests board coverage of the contemporary information on microorganism. Fundamental principles are used as frameworks for presenting specific information, and research trends are included to provide a glimpse of future developments in the field. The author has tried to cover enough areas to give a sense of unity and diversity to microbiology and has taken great care in selecting topics. This book is also designed for civil and environmental ...
This book, throws light one the use of planning and process in fisheries management. These are the approaches for setting fishery objectives and selecting the best ways of achieving results has been set for this, by first outlining a focused approach to management of small-scale fisheries that takes into consideration the need to amalgamate the wide variety of concepts and elements presented therein. In this book process has been emphasized because much of the ...