Eukaryote An organism whose genetic material is located within a nucleus. Yeast, fungi, protozoans, plants and animals are eukaryotes. The physical manifestation of the information contained in a gene. Fermentation A process of growing microorganisms to produce various chemical or pharmaceutical compounds. Microbes are usually incubated under specific conditions in large tanks called fermenters.
Fermentation is a specific type of bioprocessing.
Gene A unit of hereditary information. A gene is a section of a DNA molecule that specifies the production of a particular protein. More on genes . The increase, within a cell, of the number of copies of a given gene. Gene mapping Determining the relative locations of genes on a chromosome.