title: Biotechnological developments in Turkey.
abstract: Turkey is a country not usually associated with industrial biotechnology. However, when current research potential in universities and other R & D centers and particularly contributions made to the international literature since the mid-1980s are taken into account, high-quality international-level work is now commonplace, especially in areas such as industrial microbiology, enzyme technology, biomaterials and biological wastewater treatment. Work in plant biotechnology is at a relatively early stage, but is expected to become a rapidly developing force in the near future. The present article documents current potential in Turkey, based on significant publications produced during the last 8 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozcengiz
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000639:trends*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D005285:Fermentation; D005524:Food Technology; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized