Question

what are the advantages and disadvantages of micro organisms?

Answer 1

Micro Organisms have various advantages :-
Microorganism are usefull in many ways to humans as they are used in indurstry mainly for the production of different compounds such as enzymes, organic acids, antibiotics, vitamins, they help in bakery industries in which chees, yoghurt etc. are produced with help of microbial action and also in alcohol industries. They are also helpfull in wasteproduct degradation as they are also natural decomposers. Now a days researches are being carried for extracting some biofuel from microbes. And they also help in reacillimatisation or barren lands. Disadvantage of microbes is their pathogenicity to man and other animals especially farm animals. Microbes are the new threat as they are used as bioterrisom these days for e.g. antrax causing bacteria
THUS,
           1.They decompose waste materials and make the environment clean.
           2.They are used to convert milk into curd and cheese.
           3.Some microbes like rizhobium , blue-green algae etc. fix nitrogen in                the soil.
           4.They are used in the manufacture of leather.
           5.They are used in alcohol and wine.
           6.They are used to make certain vaccines and antibiotic.
7.They are used to make preservatives.
8.They are used to make manure




Micro Organisms have various disadvantages :-
Microorganisms are very harmfull for human beings.They create several problems for the humans. Disadvantage of microbes is their pathogenicity to man and other animals especially farm animals. Microbes are the new threat as they are used as bioterrisom these days for e.g. antrax causing bacteria bacillus anthracis

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