Definitions of Biotechnology:-
- The applications of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to provide goods and services.
- The applications of biological organisms, systems and processes to manufacturing and service industries.
- The controlled use of biological agents such as microorganisms or cellular components for beneficial purposes.
- The integrated use of biochemistry, microbiology and engineering sciences in order to achieve technological application of the capabilities of microorganisms, cultured tissues/cells and parts thereof.
- The use of living organisms and their components in agriculture, food, and other industries.
- The use of biological organisms or their constituents for the transformation of inputs into commercial outputs.
- A technology using biological phenomena for copying and manufacturing various kinds of useful substances.
- Controlled and deliberate application of simple biological agents-living or dead or cell components-in technically useful operations, either of productive manufacture or as service operation
- The use of living organisms in systems or processes for manufacture of useful products. It may involve bacteria, algae, fungi, yeast, cells of higher plants or animals or subsystems of any of these or isolated components from living matter.
- The use of living organisms to solve problems or make useful products.
- The industrial production of goods and services by processes using biological organisms, systems and processes.
