TY - BOOK AU - BUCHHOLZ,KLAUS AU - COLLINS,JOHN TI - CONCEPTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY: HISTORY, SCIENCE AND BUSINESS SN - 9783527317660 U1 - 660.6 PY - 2010/// CY - ALEMANIA PB - WILEY-VCH KW - BIOTECNOLOGIA KW - CIENCIA N2 - HISTORICAL EVENTS IN EARLY BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPRISE FASCINATIONG DISCOVERIES, SUCH AS YEAST AND BACTERIA AS LIVING MATTER BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR TEH FERMENTATION OF BEER AND WINE. THE ART OF BIOTECHNOLOGY EMERGED FROM AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDY IN ANCIENT TIMES THROUGH THE EMPIRICAL USE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS WHICH COULD BE USED AS FOOD OR DYES, PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY HAD BEEN PRESERVED BY NATURAL PROCESSES AND FERMENTATIONS. IMPROVEMENTS WERE MOSTLY HANDED ON BY WORD OF MOUTH, AND G ER -