Significance: Why Study Microorganisms Flashcards
Microbes help plants take required nutrients by breaking down complex compounds into simpler forms.
Agriculture
They also make the soil rich in nutrients and minerals (like nitrates) that enhance crop yield.
Agriculture
Microbes help plants fix nitrogen, and some of them are used as biofertilizers, thus contributing to a better and higher output.
Agriculture
Microbial studies have allowed scientists to understand their working mechanisms and engineer them in a way that helps in the increased production of medicinal compounds.
Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering
It is believed that the insertion of foreign genes in some bacterial species might lead to creating a bacterial strain that can provide solutions to myriads of challenges, including pollution, food and energy shortages, and the treatment and control of the disease.
Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering
Bacteria are used in industries to make new products from the provided raw materials.
Production of Certain Compounds
They can perform a metabolic reaction rapidly on a large scale that meets the population’s demand for medicines, food materials, or other chemical compounds, such as insulin and other growth hormones.
Production of Certain Compunds
The study of microbes has unraveled their potential in treating several deadly conditions.
Combating Diseases
Several bacterial species are used to isolate medicinal compounds, like antibiotics and develop vaccines.
Combating Diseases
Microbes play an essential role in recycling minerals like nitrogen and carbon for easy availability to other organisms, keeping the environment oxygenated, and actively degrading organic matter.
Keep the Planet Healthy
The study of microbiology has enlightened us on the application of microbes as an essential source of nutrients.
Food Processing
Some algal and fungal species are part of people’s meal, such as mushroom, Chlorella, Spirulina, and certain microbes are also used in food processing, fermentation, baking, and producing livestock feed.
Food Processing
