Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) is a gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, commonly used as a biological...
A bacteriophage is any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria. They do this by injecting genetic...
Benzoic acid, C7H6O2 (or C6H5COOH), is a colorless crystalline solid and the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid....
The beta sheet is the second form of regular secondary structure in proteins, only somewhat less common than...
In biology, fission is the subdivision of a cell (or body, population, or species) into two or more parts and the...
Bioaugmentation is the introduction of a group of natural microbial strains or a genetically engineered variant to...
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms,...
A biocide is a chemical substance or microorganism which can deter, render harmless, or exert a controlling effect...
A biocoenosis (biocoenose, biocenose, biotic community, biological community, ecological community) describes the...
Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet....
Biofuel is a type of fuel whose energy is derived from biological carbon fixation. Biofuels include fuels derived...
Biological indicators are species used to monitor the health of an environment or ecosystem.
They are any...
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an...
Biomes are climatically and geographically defined as similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as...
Biomimicry or biomimetics is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or...
Bioplastics are a form of plastics derived from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn...
Biopolymers are polymers produced by living organisms. Since they are polymers, biopolymers contain monomeric...
A biopsy is a medical test commonly performed by a surgeon or an interventional radiologist involving sampling...
Bioremediation is the use of microorganism metabolism to remove pollutants. Some examples of bioremediation...
Biosynthesis is an enzyme-catalyzed process in cells of living organisms by which substrates are converted to...
Biota are the total collection of organisms of a geographic region or a time period, from local geographic scales...
Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in...
Biotin, also known as vitamin H or coenzyme R, is a water-soluble B-vitamin (vitamin B7).
It is composed of a...
Biotite is a common phyllosilicate mineral within the mica group.
Biotite is a sheet silicate. Iron,...
Biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of...