The Terminology of Biotechnology: A Multidisciplinary Problem: Proceedings of the 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies PACIFICHEM '89

Biotechnology is a clearly multidisciplinary field involving biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pharmacology, fermentation, agriculture, to name just a few. Each of the contributing subject areas brings its own special vocabulary and nomenclature standards and considerable difficulties of communication is the result. This book summarizes the status of the terminology in the various discipline that make up biotechnology.