Quick Guide: Micro-organisms in Industry

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Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide discusses how Microbes are increasingly important to industry, where they are used in a huge variety of processes ranging from food production to water treatment.

This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of biotechnology to provide teachers with an understanding of current scientific thinking which they can apply in the classroom. The quick guide is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner teaching out of subject or needing a refresher.

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This resource has been included in this collection for teachers’ use, however it may contain some information, particularly relating to Government policy, which is now out of date.

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx34q

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