Definitions: Microcosm, Hybridisation, Bioremediation, Rhizosecretion

Microcosms are artificial, simplified ecosystems that are used to simulate and predict the behaviour of natural ecosystems under controlled conditions. ... A Winogradsky column is an example of a microbial microcosm. Hybridization is the process of interbreeding individuals from genetically distinct populations to produce a hybrid. A genetic hybrid would therefore carry two different alleles of the same gene. Bioremediation is a process used to treat contaminated media, including water, soil and subsurface material, by altering environmental conditions to stimulate growth of microorganisms and degrade the target pollutants. Rhizosecretion is an attractive technology for the production of recombinant proteins from transgenic plants. #breeding #selection #SelectiveBreeding #Genetics #microcosm #hybreedization #Rhizosecretion #Bioremediation