Introduction to Biotechnology

By:Engr. VERA MARIE L. LANARIA

Broad Definition: BIOTECHNOLOGY

“Commercial techniques that uses living organisms, or substances from those organisms, to make or modify a product, including techniques used for the improvement of the characteristics of economically important plants & animals and for the development of microorganisms to act on the environment.”

In ancient times…. fermentation of beverage and food cross-breeding of plants and animals

for better yields

New Biotechnology

What’s the role of a biochemical engineer???

MICROBIOLOGY

Do you know what role microorganisms play in these products?

What does life really look like?????

Father of Microbiology

a Dutch tailor, merchant, and lens grinder

the man who discovered the microbial world

Father of Taxonomy a Swedish botanist developed taxonomic

system

Linnaeus Taxonomy

Developed the theory that all living things are composed of CELLS.

What’s a CELL?

CELLS are living entities, surrounded by a membrane, that are capable of growing, reproducing, responding, and metabolizing.

Two types of cells…. Prokaryotes

Eukaryotes

Prokaryotes are simple cells

Eukaryotes are complex

cells

Some organelles and its functions…

Classifications of Living Things…