Biotech companies use a variety of cell types when it comes to manufacturing proteins and other chemicals. Yeast were the first microbes to be employed for manufacturing desirable products. In the 1940's, industrial microbiologists started using bacteria like Streptomyces as factories to make antibiotics . Later , when ...
Plant tissue culture is used by many companies and nurseries to propagate plants in a disease-free environment. Technicians who work in this area use many biotechnology skills. If we look at the career description for plant tissue culture technicians, we can see they work in companies and nurseries to propagate plants ...
Dallas Hanks, a graduate student at Utah State University, and Bioenergy Agronomist with Blue Cow, Inc., tells us about growing non-traditional crops for biofuels.
Careers for Community College graduates in aquaculture and marine biosciences. Aquaculture includes growing alligators, catfish, bait, clams, seahorses, and a wide variety of organisms.
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