This document discusses environmental biotechnology and its applications. Environmental biotechnology uses biological processes like bioremediation, biosensors, and bioindicators to solve environmental problems and reduce pollution. It deals with decontaminating the environment from various contaminants released by industry, and minimizing waste and pollution through techniques like bioremediation, which uses microorganisms to degrade contaminants into less toxic forms. The document also describes different types of biosensors and bioindicators that can be used for biotechnological applications like monitoring the environment.

1. Environment biotechnology

2. introduction
• Environmental biotechnology is the
application of biotechnology for solving
environmental problems, both in the
environment or in man made ecosystems.

3. Contaminants released into the environment
• Solvents
• Pesticides
• Herbicides
• Fungicides
• Insecticides
• Petrochemicals
• Explosives
• Heavy metals

4. Environment biotechnology deals with
• Decontamination of environmental
components
• Production of chemicals biosensors
• Pollution prevention
• Waste minimization

5. Environmental biotechnology
includes
• Bioremediation
• Biosensors
• Bioindicators
• Pollution prevention

6. bioremediation
• A practice in which microbiological
process are used degrade or transforms
contaminants to less toxic or non toxic
forms

7. Process considering in
bioremediation
• Physically removal of contamination
• Separation of contamination from medium
• Degradation
• immobilization

8. Bioremediation includes
• Waste water treatment
• Soil bioremediation
• Solid waste bioremediation
• Biotreatment of gaseous streams
• Biodegradation of hydrocarbons
• Biosorption

9. Biosensor
• Environmental biosensor are the analytical
device composed of biological sensing
elements and a physically transducer
which together relate to measure able
signal

11. Types of biosensor based on transduction
signal
• Electrochemical
• Optical
• Piezoelectric
• Thermal sensor

12. Types of biosensor based on
biorecogination principal
• Microorganism
• Enzymes
• antibody

13. Bioindicators
• Biological indicators are the species that
can used to monitor the environment of
ecosystem
• Example is copepods

14. Pollution prevention
• Use biotechnology approach to produce
products biologically and environment
friendly

15. It includes
• Modification of bioremediation and
degradation
• Pulp and paper industry
• Chemicals
• Use enzymes in detergent
• Bioenergy from biomass
• Biorefinery

16. Reference
• Research paper written by Maria
Gavrilescu

17. Thanks