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(PDF) Industrial Biotechnology: An Overview. Available from:

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[accessed Jan 21 2021] Source 1st paragraph

Industrial biotechnology, also known as white biotechnology, is the modern use and application of
biotechnology to sustain and produce chemicals, materials, and fuels from renewable sources, using
living cells and their enzymes. This field is widely regarded as the third wave of biotechnology, distinct
from the first two waves (medical or red biotechnology and agricultural or green biotechnology). It
features biotechnological processing that uses enzymes and microorganisms or plant/animal cells to
make products in a wide range of industrial sectors, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food & feed,
detergents, pulp & paper, textiles, energy, materials, and polymers. This field has gathered interest
globally because it is associated with reduced energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and
waste generation and may enable the paradigm shift from fossil fuel-based to bio-based production of
value-added chemicals.

https://archive.bio.org/articles/what-industrial-biotechnology#:~:text=Rudimentary%20industrial
%20biotechnology%20actually%20dates,vinegar%2C%20and%20other%20food%20products source 2nd
and 3rd paragraph

The concept of industrial biotechnology is not a modern idea. In fact, in the past, society has used
enzymes in yeast to mass-produce beer and bread. Moreover, fermentation processes have been
employed to create wine. Over time, humanity's knowledge of fermentation increased, enabling the
production of cheese, yogurt, vinegar, and other food products. In the 1800s, Louis Pasteur proved that
fermentation was the result of microbial activity. Then in 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming extracted
penicillin from mold. In the 1940s, large-scale fermentation techniques were developed to make
industrial quantities of this wonder drug. However, after World War II, the biotechnology revolution
began, giving rise to modern industrial biotechnology. Since that time, industrial biotechnology has
produced enzymes for use in our daily lives and the manufacturing sector. Recently, the utility of
industrial biotechnology for bioproducts and sustainable reasons has emerged in attempts to eliminate
unsustainable production patterns to reduce environmental impacts and improve the quality of life.

The industrial biotechnology revolution rides on a series of related developments in three fields of study
of detailed information derived from the cell: genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. Industrial
biotechnology companies apply these studies and many specialized techniques to find and improve
nature's enzymes.

https://bee.cals.cornell.edu/research/food-and-bioprocessing-engineering/ source 4th paragraph

To summarize, industrial biotechnology is not only a means to make products in multiple industrial
sectors using enzymes and microorganisms. It is also an industrial paradigm based on the expectation
that renewable plant-derived carbohydrates, lipids, and other compounds can reduce a significant
fraction of petroleum and other fossil fuels which is currently the raw material and energy basis of
modern industrial societies. Along with the mass-production of valuable products, its new objective is to
develop biotechnology approaches that will yield 'green' industrial processes that are cost-effective and
sustainable.
https://bee.cals.cornell.edu/research/food-and-bioprocessing-engineering/

 Industrial biotechnology can be simply defined as the exploitation of enzymes, microorganisms, and
plants to produce energy, industrial chemicals, and consumer goods. It is an industrial paradigm
based on the expectation that renewable plant-derived carbohydrates, lipids, and other compounds
can displace a significant fraction of petroleum and other fossil fuels that are currently the raw
material and energy basis of modern industrial societies. The objective is to develop biotechnology
approaches that will yield 'green' industrial processes that are cost-effective and sustainable.

(PDF) Industrial Biotechnology: An Overview. Available from:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311576484_Industrial_Biotechnology_An_Overview
[accessed Jan 21 2021].
 Industrial biotechnology, also known as white biotechnology, is the modern use and application of
biotechnology to sustain and produce chemicals, materials, and fuels from renewable sources,
using living cells and their enzymes. This field is widely regarded as the third wave of biotechnology,
distinct from the first two waves (medical or red biotechnology and agricultural or green
biotechnology). Biotechnological processing uses enzymes and microorganisms or plant/animal cells
to make products in a wide range of industrial sectors, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food
& feed, detergents, pulp & paper, textiles, energy, materials, and polymers.
 Moreover, much interest has been generated in industrial biotechnology mainly because this field is
associated with reduced energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste generation and
may enable the paradigm shift from fossil fuel-based to bio-based production of value-added
chemicals.

https://www.oecd.org/health/biotech/1947629.pdf

 Human activities – industrialization, urbanization, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, forestry and
silviculture, and petroleum and mineral extraction – have profound impacts on the world's
environment and the quality of life. As a result, there is a growing appreciation that nationally,
regionally, and globally, the management and utilization of natural resources need to be improved.
The amounts of waste and pollution generated by human activity need to be reduced on a large
scale. This will require a reduction and, if possible, elimination of unsustainable patterns of
production and consumption. As a result, the emphasis is growing on industrial sustainability
because this is increasingly recognized as a key means of reducing environmental impacts and
improving quality of life.
 Industrial biotechnology is that set of technologies that come from adapting and modifying the
biological organisms, processes, products, and systems found in nature to produce goods and
services.
 Industry is sustainable when it produces goods and services in such a manner as to meet the needs
and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs
 At a fundamental level, sustainable industrial development means doing more with less – increasing
eco-efficiency, that is, decreasing the level of pollution and at the same time the amount of energy,
material and other inputs required to produce a given product or service. A major way of
accomplishing this is through cleaner production