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Biotechnology is the field where Biology and Technology meet together. It is the technology that uses organisms for bio-process in manufacturing industries called Biotechnology. This field can use animals, plants, microbes, etc. The term Biotechnology was coined by Karl Ereky in 1917. It was to describe the large-scale production of pigs for biological uses. The biotechnology field involves many sub-classes like
- Genetic Engineering
- Animal Biotechnology
- Plant Biotechnology
- Cell Biology
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Tissue Culture
It can produce a large scale of products in a short time. So industrially it is more effective
Biotechnology is superior to other fields because of its high performance with top-level co-friendliness. It can produce a large scale of products in a short time. So industrially it is more effective. Biotechnology is still a young field of science. It helps produce food, medicines, agriculture improvement, pollution control, etc. Biotechnology integrates with many other technologies for its success. They are
- Fermentation Technology
- Biomining
- Recombinant DNA Technology
- Bioinformatics
- Hybridoma Technology
- Protein Engineering
- Environmental Technology
- Animal tissue culture
Branches of Biotechnology
- Food Biotechnology: It helps in the large-scale production and management of food products.
- Agriculture Biotechnology: It is used to increase yield by improving the plants to survive in stressful conditions like drought, pesticides, salt content, etc.
- rDNA technology: It is the field that deals with altering the genes of an organism to make desirable changes.
- Bioinformatics: It is a computer-based technology that integrates Biotechnology with information technology for data analysis.
- Fermentation Technology: It involves the processing of various biological compounds in the presence of microbes.
Scope of Biotechnology
- To produce pest-resistant plants
- To improve milk and meat quality in animals
- To produce biomolecules
- To produce pharmaceuticals like the edible vaccine
- To preserve the germplasm of plants and animals
- To produce harmless fertilizers
Job Positions for a Biotechnologist
- Clinical Laboratory Technician
- Food Safety associate
- Quality manager
- Brewer
- Research Scientist
- Bio Analysts
