Innovation and Biotechnology on Cerrado Biodiversity

Abstract

Biotechnology and biotechnology innovation play an important and fundamental role in a daily life, and also in the economies of the countries. The research on environmental processes through the mechanisms of the interaction between biodiversity and environment, throughout the structural molecular biotechnology, is a capable methodology to increase the understanding of the properties of the molecular compounds and directing the acquisition of new products. Quantification of Cerrado biodiversity with potential use in biotechnology, based on available literature, indicates 151 species, mainly from plants and microorganisms. There is a broad field in the generation of basic knowledge regarding the biodiversity of the Cerrado, given the small number of species evaluated by the scientific community in relation to the total estimated biodiversity, which can be used in biotechnology and thus stimulate innovation in this area of the knowledge.