Biotechnology Basics

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These Bases Are:

1) Adenine (A) - Only Pairs with "T"

Bioremediation

A set of techniques that use living organisms to clean up toxic wastes in water and soil.

Biostimulation

Adding nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus to simulate the growth of naturally occurring beneficial microbes for faster more efficient work.

Biotechnology Basics

Biotechnology is the use of living organisms (microorganisms) to make new products or carry out new processes (solve problems).

Biofuels

Fuels composed of or produced from biological raw materials

Basic Genetics

Genetics is the science of heredity

Ethics

Is a system of moral principles that defines what is right and wrong in a society

DNA- Genetic Code of Life

Is the coded material in a cell nuclei that determines what that cell and its successive cells will become.

Gene Mapping

The process of both finding and recording the locations of genes.

Phytoremediation

The process of plants absorbing or immobilizing pollutants. First tested actively at sites in the 1990's

Bases

are like rungs of a ladder that hold the two sides of the DNA strands together.

Cloning (Micro propagation In Plants)

creating an exact genetic duplicate of another organism

Genetic Engineering

is the process of moving genetic information in the form of genes from one cell to another

Tissue Culture

is the use of a very small actively growing part of the plant to produce a large number of new plants

Indicator Species

one of the oldest methods of biological detection.

Animal Reproduction and Production

the processes used in improving the efficiency of reproduction and production involve the use of biotechnology


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