Environmental Biotechnology - Theory and Application

204 Environmental Biotechnology There are many of advantages to this method, most obviously in that it allows for the input biow ...

Biotechnology and Waste 205 greater than about 10% which means that, in order to derive higher concentra- tions, approaches rely ...

206 Environmental Biotechnology of treatment. A laboratory prototype treatment was developed for the specific effluent and was s ...

Biotechnology and Waste 207 Table 8.5 EF analysis results (metals) Metal mg/l Comments Cadmium <0.25 Low Chromium <1Low Co ...

208 Environmental Biotechnology a sizeable and sustainable outlet. Suffice it to say that any such marketing operation requires ...

Biotechnology and Waste 209 References Bess, V. (1999) Evaluating the microbiology of compost, BioCycle,May, pp. 62–3. Cope, C. ...

210 Environmental Biotechnology Case Study 8.1 Integrated Waste Management (Zurich, Switzerland) As a method of waste management ...

Biotechnology and Waste 211 Continued from page 210 biosolids, driving up disposal costs. At the same time, ski trail expansion, ...

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9 Chapter 9 Genetic Manipulation Genes have been manipulated by man for a very long time, that is if selective breeding, which h ...

214 Environmental Biotechnology their fitness for that changed environment, and so they may be ‘trained’ by the artificially acc ...

Genetic Manipulation 215 exchange of genetic material is enormous. In fact the process of DNA replication has a very high fideli ...

216 Environmental Biotechnology indigenous species which could outgrow the recombinant. The novel bacterium may also lose its ca ...

Genetic Manipulation 217 Figure 9.1 Restriction enzymes over a very limited time period with an exonuclease which digests the en ...

218 Environmental Biotechnology based on making the membrane permeable to the DNA molecule. However, if the ‘foreign’ DNA is par ...

Genetic Manipulation 219 flanked by DNA whose sequence is known or at least a close approximation can be guessed. This knowledge ...

220 Environmental Biotechnology example- pGEM®-T Figure 9.2 Cloning vector Additionally, some eukaryotic viruses may be used as ...

Genetic Manipulation 221 Figure 9.3 Recombinant Baculovirus reporter genes to indicate whether or not the signals are ‘switched ...

222 Environmental Biotechnology As with selector genes, the reporter genes serve no useful purpose once the cloning procedure ha ...

Genetic Manipulation 223 the existent metabolic capability or to introduce new pathways. This has various applications, from the ...