The Use of Enfleurage in the Perfume Industry
Enfleurage is an ancient and traditional method used in the perfume industry to extract the fragrance of delicate flowers that cannot withstand the high heat […]
Month: August 2020
Genome Clusters in the Production of Secondary Metabolites
Genomic clusters for secondary metabolites, also known as biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), are regions of the genome that contain genes responsible for the synthesis of […]
The Fermentation of Clavulanic Acid
The fermentation of clavulanic acid involves the cultivation of the bacterium Streptomyces clavuligerus under controlled conditions to induce the production of this important β-lactamase inhibitor. […]
The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
Bioengineered foods have been with us for decades. A new law has been created by the USDA so as to regulate these types of foods […]
The Differences Between Global and Focal Alignments in Bioinformatics
Global and local alignments are two types of sequence alignment methods used in bioinformatics. They differ in how they align two sequences and what information […]