Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: November 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781555812676
Subjects: Microbial genetics; Medical; Science; Biotechnology; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Ecosystem; Microbial diversity; Microbial ecology
First sentence: The business of the biotechnology-based industries is founded on the search for exploitable biology, or, in the terms of the Convention on Biological Diversity, genetic resources.