When insects ingest the Bt toxin, it is converted into an active form due to alkaline pH in the gut. It binds to the epithelial cells of the... View Article
Bt-toxin does not kill the bacteria that produce it because it exists as protoxins, which is inactive. Once insects ingest it, it gets activated... View Article
The three main types of fermentation are alcohol fermentation, lactic acid fermentation and acetic acid fermentation. Also Check: Types Of... View Article
Bioprocessing refers to the process which utilises living organisms, cells or components to produce the desired product such as enzymes, organic... View Article
Upstreaming processing refers to the generation of biomass at a large scale and downstream processing refers to the extraction and separation of... View Article
Downstream processing involves separation and purification to produce finished products after biosynthesis. Further reading: DNA Polymerase... View Article
Agitation ensures that microbial cells are uniformly present in the homogenous culture medium. It facilitates oxygen transfer. Further reading:... View Article
A bioreactor is a large vessel, which is used to grow culture on a large scale under optimum conditions to produce large quantities of the... View Article
Bioreactors are used for producing large quantities of desired products such as vaccines, antibodies, proteins, etc. Living organisms are... View Article
The endoplasmic reticulum is involved in protein synthesis (RER) and lipid synthesis (SER), whereas the Golgi apparatus is involved in the... View Article
The lineage species concept is based on genetic data. Lineages are branches of phylogenetic trees and represent a single line of descent.... View Article
