what is the difference between biotechnology and microbiology?
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Microbiology is the study of tiny organisms...be they bacteria, algae, fungi, helminths, etc.\nMicrobio knowledge can be used in biotechnology....for instance, knowledge of DNA and how it works can be applied or made useful to various situations via biotechnology...be they genetic engineering, DNA restriction analysis to determine human relationships, etc.
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biotechnology will soon be the most important job, it helps in everything and it is growing really fast. I am planing to study it.
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well,a bacterial culture,or microbial culture,is a method of growing a microbial organism to determine what it is,its abundance in the sample being tested,or both.it is one of the primary diagnostic methods of microbiology.it is often used a tool to determine the cause of infectious disease by letting the agent multiply (reproduce) in predetermined media in laboratory.\nthe most common method of microbiological culture uses Petri dishes with a layer of agar-based growth medium in them to grow bacterial cultures.this is generally done inside of an incubator.\nthe term culture can also,though infrequently and informally,be used as a synonym for tissue culture,which involves the growth of cells or tissues explanted from a multi-cellular organism.
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Hello,\nI have taken both of these classes and by faaaaaaaaaar human physiology is harder. I enjoyed micro so much in 2nd year that I took a 4th year pathogenesis class and now I'm starting my Masters in it.  Reasons why you ask..well, first of all, human physiology is all about memorizing pathways of molecules going here, going there, doing this, doing that.  You learn about all the chemical type things going on in your ENTIRE body, from the ingestion of food, how it's transported down into your stomach, how the stomach works, how the intestines work, all the reactions going on in your body, excretion system, all your glands, your muscles, how the heart works...it's just sooooo much information. I hated it. Hundreds and hundreds of molecules I just about lost it.  Micro (to me) is really interesting because you learn about how the smallest thing on earth can cause so many diseases.  There are also many things that are related between different microbial species which makes it easier when first trying to understand these things.  If you're into genetics and microbial diseases (there are so many you don't even know about), that type of thing..take micro. If you plan on being a doctor, take both.  If neither, do not take human phys! \nI hope that helps. Good luck!
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A bacterium is a microscopic unicellular organism with a simple cell structure, they procreate by fission, that is splitting and sharing DNA.\n\nA virus is a submicroscopic parasite which invades living cells, including bacteria, and hijacks the cell's systems to force the cell to make copies of the virus.
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What then is biotechnology? The term brings to mind many different things. Some think of developing new types of animals. Others dream of almost unlimited sources of human therapeutic drugs. Still others envision the possibility of growing crops that are more nutritious and naturally pest-resistant to feed a rapidly growing world population. This question elicits almost as many first-thought responses as there are people to whom the question can be posed. \n\nIn its purest form, the term "biotechnology" refers to the use of living organisms or their products to modify human health and the human environment. Prehistoric biotechnologists did this as they used yeast cells to raise bread dough and to ferment alcoholic beverages, and bacterial cells to make cheeses and yogurts and as they bred their strong, productive animals to make even stronger and more productive offspring.
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A Masters in Microbiology will help you qualify as a Medical Technologist with a Microbiology Specialist (American Society of Clinical Pathologists (a national registry)) or as a research assistant in a teaching hospital.  With a little experience it could also open the door for teaching (college or above), epidemiology and health safety, homeland security, or a doctorate of medicine.
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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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microbiology is a subject with great potential. Micrbes are being used from everything from "eating up oil" to producing human insulin!\nThough the subject has just too many applications in oil industry, agriculture, pharmacy, chemical industry, biotech etc. etc. perhaps the best applications would be in the pharmacy sector where microbes are  both friends and foes. \n\nOn one hand microbes are used for production of many drugs penicillin, chloromycetin, soframycin, human insulin, botox, many protiens, enzymes and hormones. On the ther hand the harmful ones are carefully studied and screened from the drugs manfactured. So a microbiologist has applications in both R&D, Production and Quality Control aspects.\n\nResearch is also being done in biotech, where microbes are being modified to produce more nitrogen, provide disease resistence, improve vigour  in plants , etc. etc. \n\nBut you must do an M.Sc. then Ph.D.
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MBA IN BIOTECHNOLOGY..A VERY SOUGHT AFTER DEGREE..A TECHNO-MANAGEMENT DEGREE WOULD HELP U...OR JUZ LOOK OUT FOR COMPANIES REQUIRING UR EXPERTISE AND QUALIFICATION..
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Molecular biology is simply biology studied at the molecular level.  At my alma mater, there were three distinct biology majors: integrative biology (which dealt with systems, tissues, anatomy, physiology, and population dynamics), Plant & Microbial Biology (which focused on non-animal biology), and molecular biology.  Molecular biology had 5 areas of focus.\n\nBiochemistry: this dealt with looking at biochemical pathways, such as metabolism, signaling cascades & second messenger systems, etc.\n\nCell & Developmenatal biology: this looked at the processes behind cells going from totipotent cells taht can give rise to any cell, to pluripotent stem cells that can become any of a number of different cells, to differentiated cells that have a single purpose and can only give rise to other cells of the same type.  This looked at the way that chemical gradients and inducers managed to make cells develop into organized tissues.\n\nGenetics: this focused on genetics at the molecular level.  The focus was on DNA and RNA, and the ways that they change, combine, and are translated, studied in minute molecular detail.\n\nImmunology: this focused on the various cells specific to the immune system, and the hormones, transmitters, and pathogens which affect their behavior.\n\nNeurology: this focused on the various cells of the nervous system, and the hormones, neurotransmitters, and drugs that affect their behavior.\n\n\nThe fundamental difference with molecular biology is a matter of scale.  With molecular bio, you are studied things in ultrafine detail.  While microbiology looks at things that can be seen with a light microscope, molecular biology is in such minte detail that it can only be seen with an electron microscope, or perhaps only have its shape inferred by electron diffraction techniques.
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1.Microbiology-- a study dealing with the structure and existence of microorganisms, which are tiny life forms such as a bacteria or a virus\n2.Zoology-- which is the study of animal life\n3.Botany-- which is focused on plant life\n4.Physiology-- Study of the vital functions and basic activities of living organisms - cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems - and their parts, in relation to the whole.\n5.Embryology--Study of the formation and development of organisms from the zygote, or fertilised egg. Confined mainly to multi-celled organisms.\n6.Taxonomy--Hierarchical classification of natural organisms indicative of their structures and differences.\n7.Genetics--Study of inheritance and variation in organisms, and mechanisms by which these operate; causes of similarities and differences among related individuals.\n8.Ecology--Study of relationships between organisms and their environment; the interactions of individuals within groups and with their suroundings. \n9.Morphology--The study of the shapes of plants and animals. \n10.Molecular Biology--Study of chemical processes at the level of large organic molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. \n11.Biochemistry--Study of the chemical processes within living systems as a whole. \n12.Bioarchaeology--The systematic study of past life by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as bones, petrified animal or plan imprints, etc.\n13.Biogeochemistry--The study of the relationship between the geochemistry of a region and the animal and plant life in that region.\n\n14.Cytology-- Study of cells.\n\n15.Orinthology-- Study of birds.\n\n16.HOMOLOGY --That relation between parts which results from their development from corresponding embryonic parts, either in different animals, as in the case of the arm of man, the foreleg of a quadruped, and the wing of a bird; or in the same individual, as in the case of the fore and hind legs in quadrupeds, and the segments or rings and their appendages of which the body of a worm, a centipede, &c., is composed. The latter is called serial homology. The parts which stand in such a relation to each other are said to be homologous, and one such part or organ is called the homologue of the other. In different plants the parts of the flower are homologous, and in general these parts are regarded as homologous with leaves. \n\n17.HERPETOLOGY: The study of reptiles and amphibians.\n\n18. HISTOLOGY: Study of tissues.\n\n19. Osteology: study of bones.\n\n20.Gynecology:Study of the health of the female organs of reproduction and diseases thereof.
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Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine.\n\nIt's a good subject to study if you're interested in Biology with a little of Math in it.
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biology, microbio, or pre-med.
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Bacteria are capable of living alone. Viruses are said to be alive only when inside a living cell.\n\nBacteria have cell organelles and show life activities. Virus are just a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a sheath of protein and can only show reproduction while in a living cell.\n\nBacteria are intercellular organisms( they live in-between cells ). Viruses are intracellular organisms ( they live within/inside cells )\n\nThere are many useful bacteria, that help in processes like nitrification and lactification. Viruses on the other hand are always disease causing. In fact, the term 'Virulesence', which is used for a disease causing organism, is derived from the word Virus'
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biotechnology is a new field and is selling like a hot cake.it has a great future only if you do a master's degree from a good college.i do not know about Andra.as i am also a south Indian,i also want to know about biotech colleges in south.we both are in same boat.nowadays more and more colleges are offering biotech.its better to have bio and biotech in school level for studying biotech in higher level.
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One's actually engineering, the other two are sciences.\n\nChemical engineering is classified as one of the branches of applied engineering, just like mechanical eng or electrical eng.  People go to university to get degrees in this.\n\nBiochemical engineering is a discipline of biochemistry and biomolecular engineering is a discipline of biology/biotechnology.  Both need to be studied under the natural sciences disciplines and are not specific degrees.