advantages and harmful of bacteria class 8
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Some bacteria are good for you, including the bacteria in your digestive system, or gut. These bacteria help to break down food and keep you healthy. Other good bacteria can produce oxygen are used to create antibiotics.
Explanation:
#Advantages of Bacteria
Not all bacteria are harmful to humans. There are some bacteria which are beneficial in different ways. Listed below are few benefits of bacteria:
Convert milk into curd – Lactobacillales or lactic acid bacteria
Ferment food products – Streptococcus and Bacillus
Help in digestion and improving the body’s immunity system – Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria
Production of antibiotics which is used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections – Soil bacteria
Also Refer: Antibiotics
#disadvantages of bacteria
There are bacteria that can cause a multitude of illnesses. They are responsible for many of the infectious diseases like pneumonia, tuberculosis, diphtheria, syphilis, tooth decay. Their effects can be rectified by taking antibiotics and prescribed medication.
However, precaution is much more effective. Most of these disease-causing bacteria can be eliminated by sterilizing or disinfecting exposed surfaces, instruments, tools and other utilities. These methods include- application of heat, disinfectants, UV radiations, pasteurization, boiling, etc.
To know more about bacteria, its definition, the structure of bacteria, bacteria diagram, classification of bacteria, and reproduction in bacteria keep visiting BYJU’S website or download BYJU’S app for further reference.
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