Biotechnology impinges on everyone's lives. It is one of the major technologies of the twenty-first century. Its huge, wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary activities include recombinant DNA techniques, cloning and genetics, and the application of microbiology to the production of goods as prosaic as bread, beer, cheese and antibiotics. It continues to revolutionise treatments of many diseases, and is used to provide clean technologies and to deal with environmental problems.
Basic Biotechnology is a textbook that gives a full account of the current state of biotechnology, providing the readerwith insight, inspiration and instruction. The fundamental aspects that underpin biotechnology are explained through examples drawn from the pharmaceutical, food and environmental industries. Chapters on the public perception of biotechnology and the business and economics of the subject are also included.
The book is essential reading forall students and teachers of biotechnology and applied microbiology, and for researchers in the many biotechnology industries.