Environmental Biotechnology

How does sewage treatment plant work? Where does the remaining sludge or sediments go? The microorganisms has an important role to play in this process. In other words, biotechnology has the answer for these questions. Environmental biotechnology mainly deals with the cleansing of contaminated soils, removal of pollution and such natural environmental problems. Biotechnology is the area of research and study of living organisms and their products. It has significant use in our day to day life. Red biotechnology is the field of developing pharmaceuticals including vaccines. Biotechnology gave rise to use of microorganisms in milk and milk products. Bioweapons, which are used to cause diseases and toxins are also included in this field. Green biotechnology is used for the research in agricultural products. Environmental biotechnology can be used to detect and eliminate environmental pollutants in the environment.