Biotechnology can be divided into how many categories ?
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SUB-CATEGORIES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY:\n\nRED BIOTECHNOLOGY is biotechnology applied to medical processes. Some examples are the designing of organisms to produce antibiotics, and the engineering of genetic cures to cure diseases through genomic manipulation.\n\nWHITE BIOTECHNOLOGY, also known as GREY BIOTECHNOLOGY, is biotechnology applied to industrial processes. An example is the designing of an organism to produce a useful chemical. White biotechnology tends to consume less in resources than traditional processes when used to produce industrial goods.\n\nGREEN BIOTECHNOLOGY is biotechnology applied to agricultural processes. An example is the designing of an organism to grow under specific environmental conditions or in the presence (or absence) of certain agricultural chemicals. One hope is that green biotechnology might produce more environmentally friendly solutions than traditional industrial agriculture. An example of this is the engineering of a plant to express a pesticide, thereby eliminating the need for external application of pesticides. Whether or not green biotechnology products such as this are ultimately more environmentally friendly is a topic of considerable debate.\n\nBIOINFORMATICS is an interdisciplinary field which addresses biological problems using computational techniques. The field is also often referred to as computational biology. It plays a key role in various areas like functional genomics, structural genomics, and proteomics amongst others, and forms a key component in biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector.\n\nThe term BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY has also been used to describe the marine and aquatic applications of biotechnology, but its use is relatively rare.
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Immense potential in R&D.\nIndustry going through ups and downs over last 30 years.\nDepends on which branch of Biotechnology you want to enter into.\nPlant/animal tissue culture, molecular biology, drug development, etc.
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Biotechnology is the use of biological techniques to develop products.  Typically, biotech companies are those that research microorganisms, such as bacteria, or cellular components, like DNA, to produce drugs, lab equipment, etc.\n\nBiochemistry is the study of the chemical compounds/processes that occur in living organisms.  If you think of your body, you can zoom down and find cells, then zoom down again and find proteins making your body run.  At that point, single molecules of Oxygen or Phosphate, for example, are vital.  That is the level of biochemistry.\n\nBioinformatics is the application of computer science to molecular biology.  In recent years, a huge amount of informatoin about gene sequences and proteins have been generated.  Bioinformatics is interested in using computers to get meaningful answers from all this information.  It's also the field I'm doing my graduate work in.\n\nHope this helps.
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There are more than 30,000 different kinds of protozoa
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Biotech is an interdisciplinary field. After doing B.Tech you can do masters, Phd & research in a specialised field, get a job in a biopharmaceutical company or you can do a course in clinical research. If you do not like research you can do MBA after B.Tech and work as an MBA, maybe even in a biotech company. There are courses available for Biotech - MBA as well. As for Biotech you should be sure about what exactly you want to do since the courseware of biotech may overlap with many other courses such as Bioengineering, Biological Sciences, etc.
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Biochemistry can deal with pharmaceuticals, agriculture, medicine or any number of other industries.  Check the link below for a rather interesting list.
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five kingdoms = animals, plants, fungi, protists, bacteria\n3 domains = archaea, bacteria, eukarya\n\nbefore 3 domains all prokaryotes were lumped together in the bacteria kingdom, but there are actually 2 very very different groups which became the 2 domains archaea and bacteria. Eukarya is all the eukaryotes.  The domains need to be further broken down into kingdoms, but 5 won't do. Protists are too diverse to be in 1 kingdom and so they're working on a 6 kingdom system.
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What are the major taxonomic categories that we use to organize all life on earth -- species, genus, family, order, phylum, etc?  How many Kingdoms are there and how are they determined?  Give the full taxonomy for Homo Sapiens.\n\nWhat is DNA?  What is RNA?  Describe the steps of RNA transcription.  What is mitosis?  Decribe the steps of mitosis.  How is this different from mieosis?\n\nWhat is a gene?  What is the difference between phenotype and genotype?  What is a dominant gene?  What is a recessive gene?  Why is a dominant gene dominant?  What are the other kinds of gene relationships (co-dominance, etc.)  \n\nDescribe the Theory of Evolution.  What was the evidence Darwin found to come up with the Theory.  How do species evolve over time?  What is speciation and give three examples of how different species can evolve?  What is mutation?  What other times of gene changes are there that are related to evolutionary development?\n\nWhat is an ecology? What are the various types of relationships between species (predation, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, etc.) and give examples of each. What sort of defenses do species develop against predation?  What sort of features do predators develop in return?\n\nWhat is reproduction?  What are the different kinds of reproduction?  How does reproduction differ between various plant species?  Between animal species?  What are some examples of (I forget the term but) animal features/behaviors that serve only to help with reproduction?  How do these evolve?\n\nWhat is a bacteria?  What is a virus?  What are the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?  What are the major organs in a prokaryotic cell/organism?  How about a eukaryotic cell/organism?  What do each of these do?  What is the current theory on how mitochondria evolved?  What is special about the cell wall and how does it allow material to get across it?  What about the cell nucleus?\n\nWhat is involved in genetic science?  What sorts of things can genetic science do and what are the tools?  What is gene splicing?  What is genotyping and genetic sequencing?  How do these work?\n\nDescribe the major organs and organ systems in the human body.  What is the function of each?  What is the structure of each.  What are some examples of tissue types and how do you recognize them under a microscope?  What are some of the major diseases that humans suffer and what are the symptoms and cures for each?  How is food processed by the digestive system and which food elements are digested in which organs?  What are the more important hormones and neurotransimitters in the human body and what does each do?  \n\nDescribe the different groups of organic molecules important to life -- proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, etc.  What is the molecular structure of each and how are they different?  What is the importance of each and what is their function in the human body?  What is an amino acid?  How many are there, and what do they do?\n\nAnd so much more ... sheesh.
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Biotechnology does not necessarily use human case studies.  Rather, biotech is a reference to companies which use organisms to modify or manufacture their products; such as using e. coli bacteria to manufacture insulin. \n\nIn practice, many pharmaceutical firms and pharmacy benefit managers contribute to and/or own biotech companies and research facilities.  This type of industry may have particular importance in the realm of specialized medications where drugs are modified for particular recipients.
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Apart from Biochemistry, Biotechnology will be good. Better job prospects, also wide scope for research.
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Biotechnology is a vast field and has lot of scope. Jobs exist in R&D as well as for managerial tasks.\n\nDetails on BSc. in Biotechnology are available on -\nhttp://www.biotechworld.cjb.cc\n\nFor details on B.Tech Biotechnology, visit -\nhttp://www.biotechworld.cjb.cc\n\nDetails on MSc. and Phd. in Biotechnology-\n\nMSc. in Biotechnology has good career prospects. Biotech is a booming sector and the growth oppurtunities are high. The Biotech sector includes - Biopharma, Biotech, Biotech services, Bioindustrial, Bioinformatics etc. After BSc., those who want to go for research, choose MSc. and then go for Phd. On the other hand, some go for MBA-Biotechnology. Career oppurtunities for both these courses are good.\n\nAfter doing MSc. Biotech, one can join R&D dept. of any good Biotech company. US is the best destination for Biotechnology. It stands out in the field of research as well as the biotech market is much developed in the US. Similar, is the case with UK, Canada and a few EU countries. Coming to India and China, these countries are really trying hard. Australia is good study destination as well for BT studies in Asia-Pacific region.\n\nFor details on entrance exams and admission procedures as well as more career options in BT, you may visit -\nhttp://www.biotechworld.cjb.cc\n\nThe other career prospect is MBA-Biotechnology. For this course, use following links-\n\nhttp://in.search.yahoo.com\n\nhttp://www.biotechworld.cjb.cc
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See the following reference.\nBiotechnology and bioengineering  (Biotechnol. bioeng.) 1996, vol. 52, no3, pp. 429-432.
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It is the developing of technologies on the molecular scale in the field of biology. That's really the only way to describe it, I think. Why not look it up on wikipedia?
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Biotechnology is a technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine.\n\nOf the many different definitions available, the one formulated by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is one of the broadest:\n\n    "Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use." (Article 2. Use of Terms)\n\nBiotechnology can also be defined with: "Biotechnology is the manipulation of organisms to do practical things and to provide useful products."\n\nOne section of biotechnology is the directed use of organisms for the manufacture of organic products (examples include beer, milk products, and skin). Naturally present bacteria are utilized by the mining industry in bioleaching. Biotechnology is also used to recycle, treat waste, clean up sites contaminated by industrial activities (bioremediation), and produce biological weapons.\n\nThere are also applications of biotechnology that do not use living organisms. Examples are DNA microarrays used in genetics and radioactive tracers used in medicine.\n\nModern biotechnology is often associated with the use of genetically altered microorganisms such as E. coli or yeast for the production of substances like insulin or antibiotics. It can also refer to transgenic animals or transgenic plants, such as Bt corn. Genetically altered mammalian cells, such as Chinese Hamster Ovarian (CHO) cells, are also widely used to manufacture pharmaceuticals. Another promising new biotechnology application is the development of plant-made pharmaceuticals.\n\nBiotechnology is also commonly associated with breakthroughs in new medical therapies and diagnostic devices.
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MBA in Biotechnology or simply MBA-BT or MBA-Biotech is a specialised MBA.MBA is a 2 year post-graduate programme in management. MBA is of 2 types - general MBA and specialised MBA.In general MBA at the end of 1st year you are supposed to choose specialisation in either of the 1 subject - marketing or finance or materials/operations or human resource. Example of specialised MBA is MBA in Biotechnology which is available at the Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune which is popularly called PUMBA. In specialised MBA like MBA-Biotechnology you are taught all the 4 subjects in much detail i.e marketing, finance, materials/operations and HR that's because your specialisation is Biotechnology.You are specially prepared to lead a Biotech or Pharma company.The advantage is that you can go to any other sector like telecom, IT, Retailing etc. because you have been given detailed knowledge of every field with special focus on Biotechnology. That's the advantage.There is much demand for MBA-Biotechnology in Australia, USA and Europe apart from the one in India. For details on this course visit http://www.microbiologyindia.cjb.net \n\nThis website also offers Free MBA-Biotech Newsletter.Also they offer Free counselling and guidance.Plus Free notes for BSc. Microbiology and Biotechnology students are also available on this site.\n\nThe web-site tells you also on various management entrances like MAT, ATMA, CAT etc.Ranking of colleges along with list of various colleges is also given.Also biggest list of BTech Biotechnology and BE Biotechnology colleges is available on this site.\n\nMBA-BT or MBA-Biotech is available at Department of Management Sciences(University of Pune), Amity, Noida etc.
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No there are various taxanomical methods to classify organisms but the most commonly used one in the scientific field is the Lineus 5 kingdom classification system.
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depends, bacteria are classified by their ssRNA plants and animals are usually categorized by their morphological characteristics. The more specific you are, the better answers you'll receive.