Question

Write a short note on industrial uses of microorganisms.

Answer 1

Answer:

Bacteria are used in industry in a number of ways that generally exploit their natural metabolic capabilities. They are used in manufacture of foods and production of antibiotics, probiotics, drugs, vaccines, starter cultures, insecticides, enzymes, fuels and solvents.

Answer 2

•they are used for making alcohol in which fermentation takes place by the help of yeasts

•they are used for decomposition of organic matter

•they are used for fixation of nitrogen from the atmosphere so that plants can intake it

•they are used for conversion of milk to curd in which a bacteria named lactobacillus helps

•they are also used in vaccinations through which our body produced antibodies in order to fight disease causing microorganisms

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