Question

role of bacteria in medicine

Answer 1

Well one good example is the production of insulin using bacterial plasmids. The human insulin gene is spliced into a bacterial plasmids. The bacteria are allowed to divide in a vat and reproduce, with the gene activated to allow them to produce human insulin. The bacteria are then killed off, and the insulin separated and purified

Answer 2

ANSWER :-

The main role of bacteria in medicine is that a lot of them across a lot of different types are used for the production of antibiotics.

Extra Information-

• Antibiotics are generally referred to as the chemical substances which are produced by one microorganism and which kill other microorganisms or neutralise chemical substances that have a microbial origin.
• The actions of antibiotics are also known as "antimicrobial activities".
• Antibiotics are also known as "magic bullets".
• Penicillin was the first ever antibiotic to be produced.
• Penicillin was also known as "wonder drug".
• Penicillin is the kind of antibiotic which checks the growth of Gram positive (gram +ve) bacteria by inhibiting the process of cell wall synthesis or by blocking the sysnthesis of peptidoglycan.
• Penicillin was obtained from a fungus named "Penicillium notatum" by Sir Alexander Fleming in the year 1923.