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Biological catalysis and biotechnology

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In 1980 the Spinks Report1 defined biotechnology as the ‘application of biological organisms, systems or processes to manufacturing industry’. This is a very broad definition. Its logical conclusion, with ourselves included amongst the biological organisms, might lay claim to the sum total of all human activity. This review will take a much narrower definition which focuses on the industrial uses of biological catalysis for the manufacture of chemical products.

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Turner, M. (1994). Biological catalysis and biotechnology. In: Heaton, A. (eds) The Chemical Industry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1318-2_9

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