Environmental Biotechnology
Environmental biotechnology in particular is the application of processes for the protection and restoration of the quality of the environment.
Bioremediation
- Bioremediation refers to the process of using microorganisms to remove the environmental pollutants i.e. the toxic wastes found in soil, water, air etc. The microbes serve as scavengers in bioremediation. The removal of organic wastes by microbes for environmental clean-up is the essence of bioremediation. The other names used for bioremediation are bio-treatment, bio-reclamation and bio-restoration.
- In environmental biotechnology, most of the reactions of biodegradation/bioremediation involve Xenobiotic. (Xenobiotics broadly refer to the unnatural, foreign and synthetic chemicals such as pesticides, ....
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Prelims Special
- 1 Biotechnology Sector is the New Favorite
- 2 ICT-based Questions are Appearing in all Flavors
- 3 Linking Items of Daily use with General Science
- 4 Defence Technology is Another Constant
- 5 Space Related Questions are here to Stay
- 6 REPORTS & INDICES
- 7 Applications of Space Technology
- 8 Recent Achievements
- 9 ISRO’s Launch Vehicles
- 10 Space Science & Exploration
- 11 Types of Satellites Launched by ISRO
- 12 Microsat R
- 13 Applications of Nuclear Technology
- 14 Installed Nuclear Reactors in India
- 15 Nuclear Technology in India
- 16 Nuclear Energy and Fuel
- 17 Kaiga 1 Nuclear Reactor
- 18 Nanotechnology in Space
- 19 Nanotechnology in Defence
- 20 Nanotechnology in Consumer Products
- 21 Nanotechnology in Environment
- 22 Nanotechnology in Electronics
- 23 Nanotechnology in Medicine
- 24 Nanotechnology in Agriculture
- 25 Nanomaterials
- 26 DNA ORIGAMI
- 27 Major Missiles
- 28 Classification of Indian Missiles
- 29 Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet
- 30 Diseases - Immunology
- 31 Diseases - Zika Virus Outbreak
- 32 Human Nutrition - Lipid
- 33 Human Nutrition - Protein
- 34 Human Nutrition - Carbohydrate
- 35 Human Nutrition - Functions & Types
- 36 Human Nutrition - National Nutrition Mission
- 37 Glands & Hormones - Hormones
- 38 Glands & Hormones - Endocrine System
- 39 Glands & Hormones - Global Athlete
- 40 Genetics - Techniques in Genetics
- 41 Genetics - Common Genetic Diseases
- 42 Genetics - Heredity
- 43 Genetics - DNA
- 44 Genetics - Genes
- 45 Genetics - Gene Editing Applied to Banana Genome
- 46 Human Stem Cells
- 47 World’s First Trial Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS)
- 48 Bioinformatics
- 49 Industrial Biotechnology
- 50 Agricultural Biotechnology
- 51 Medical Biotechnology
- 52 Harvesting wild Genes Gives Crops Renewed Resistance to Disease