Biotechnology is the technical application that uses living organisms or biological systems to make products that have a profound impact on agriculture, environment, and human health. In this text book, a color-coded classification is used to present basic chapters on white, red, green and blue biotechnology. Beside traditional biotechnical processes, the book will address principles of modern biotechnology research and applications. Each chapter has a general introduction and concluding paragraph, gives key terms, will address problems, and recommends additional readings. This text book is ideally suited for advanced graduate or master students and will also be a good reference for PhD students, physicians, engineers, attorneys, or non-specialist with an interest into biotechnology.

Molekulargenetische Experimente mit mikrobiellen, pflanzlichen und tierischen Modellorganismen

Die pro- und eukaryotischen Organismen, die als genetische Modellsysteme bewahrt sind und verwendet werden, sind:
- Escherichia coli
- Bacillus subtilis
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Neurospora crassa
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Arabidopsis thaliana
Drosophila melanogaster

Der Inhalt:
- Einfuhrung in die Biologie der Experimentalorganismen
- Kreuzungsexperimente
- DNA-Transformationsexperimente
- Versuche zur RNA-Analytik, zur Analyse von Nukleinsaure-Protein-Interaktionen, zur PCR-Analytik, zur heterologen Genexpression und zum Einsatz von Reportergenen
- Bioinformatik

Die optimale Mischung aus Lehrbuchtext und Experiment "

The possession of plasmids was for a long time recognized only in the bacteria. It is now evident that plasmids, or replicative forms of DNA structurally and experimentally comparable to bacterial plasmids, exist in eukaryotic organisms as well. Such plasmids are in fact common among fungi and higher plants. The present review is undertaken to provide a comprehensive account of the data available on plasmids found in eukaryotic organisms. This review will not consider plasmids of prokaryotic origin, even though certain bacterial plasmids, such as the tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, may be intimately associated with transformation of the eukaryotic host. This book, moreover, does not consider transformation experiments in eukaryotic hosts involving viral DNA as vectors, although indeed such vectors have been developed for use in plant and animal systems. After a general introduction, providing historical perspective on the nature and role of plasmids, a list of eukaryotic plasmids will be presented according to their origin. This is followed by a detailed discussion of known structure and function. In subsequent chapters the practical implications of eukaryotic plasmids for molecular cloning and biotechnology will be discussed. This latter part traces the development of interest'in biotechnical genetics and gives special consideration to the use of eukaryotic systems for gene cloning. The terminology biotechni cal genetics is introduced to the reader and is used in a general sense as equivalent to genetic engineering. Biotechnical genetics includes, but is not limited to, gene cloning through recombinant DNA technology."

Schimmelpilze nutzlich und schadlich zugleich

Dieses Buch gibt einen umfassenden Uberblick uber die guten und schlechten Seiten der Schimmelpilze. Nach einer Definition und Einfuhrung in das Thema Schimmelpilze" erortern die Autoren deren Biologie, Physiologie und Genetik.

Weiterhin werden der Einsatz von Schimmelpilzen in der Biotechnologie sowie zur Herstellung von Lebensmitteln und bei der biologischen Schadlingsbekampfung betrachtet. Im Kapitel Schadwirkung und Bekampfung geht es um die negativen Auswirkungen von Schimmel als Krankheitserreger bei Pflanzen, Tieren und Menschen sowie um die Zerstorungskraft von Schimmelpilzen auf verschiedenen Materialien. Dieses Sachbuch wendet sich an Studierende der Lebenswissenschaften sowie an fachferne Leser, die berufsbedingt mit der Wirkung von Schimmelpilzen befasst sind. Daruber hinaus sollen auch interessierte Laien durch dieses Buch angesprochen werden.

Ein umfassender Uberblick zu allen Aspekten von Schimmelpilzen"