Question

What are the major groups of microorganisms for?

Answer 1

bacteria, viruses, pathogens, plasmodium and virioids are major microorganism.

Answer 2

There are four major groups of

micro-organisms:

(i) Bacteria - They are single celled disease causing micro-organisms. They can be spiral or rod-shaped.

(ii) Fungi - They are mostly multicellular disease causing microbes. Bread moulds are common examples of fungi.

(iii) Protozoa - They mainly include organisms such as Amoeba, Plasmodium,etc. They can be unicellular or multicellular.

(iv) Algae - They include

multicellular,photosynthetic organisms such as Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas, etc.