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biotechnology
- Subject Category
- X Research, Technology and Engineering
- Definition
- The use of living organisms, cells or cell constituents for the purpose of developing products, improve animals or plants, or improve biological processes.
- Definition Source
- NAL Thesaurus Staff
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4632.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4632
- Broader Term
- technology
- Narrower Term
- aerobic digestion
- agricultural biotechnology
- anaerobic digestion
- biofabrication
- biofloc technology
- biological production
- biomimetics
- bioprinting
- bioreactors
- cellular agriculture
- food biotechnology
- immobilized antigens
- immobilized cells
- Related Term
- bioengineering
- bioethics
- biophotonics
- biotelemetry
- fermentation
- genetic engineering
- genetically modified organisms
- genetics
- molecular genetics
- tissue culture
- Spanish
- biotecnología
- Term Number
- 4632