Question

what r the merits and demirets of bacteria ​

Answer 1

Merits

• Bacteria are involved in production of many food products such as yogurt, cheese, pickles, etc.

• Bacteria break down waste material so that our environment is not permanently cluttered with garbage, dead bodies, etc.

• Bacteria are responsible for the production of important essential compounds that are necessary for life such as vitamin K production by E. coli in the gut

Demerits

• Some bacteria cause infections or produce toxic substances that are a threat to life and/or health.

• Bacteria cause spoiling of food so that it does not keep as long as we may desire.

• Some bacteria may cause infections of plants, threatening our food supply or ornamental plant.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Merits

• Creating products, such as ethanol & enzymes.
• Making drugs, such as antibiotics & vaccines.
• Making biogas,such as methane.
• killing plant pests.
• cleaning up oil spills & toxic wastes.
• Transferring normal genes to human cell in gene therapy.

Demerits

• some types of bacteria can cause diseases in human like cholera, diptheria, dysentery,bubnic plague,pneumonia, typhoid &many more.
• Bacteria cause spoiling of food so that does not keep as long as we may desire.
• some bacteria cause infection of plants, threatening our food supply Or ornamental plants.