Question

Write a short note on medicinal use of microorganisms

Answer 1

to identify the bacteria, viruses, etc.

to produce medicines, vaccines and to develop disease testing techniques.

Answer 2

Microorganisms help in the production of many food items, making medicines, keeping the environment clean, in manufacturing and in research.

Microorganisms are widely used in modern medicine, and this is because microbes are an amazingly diverse population. Microbes consist of bacteria, fungi, archaea, protists, plants which are invisible to the naked eye, and plankton.

FOR EXAMPLE:

Bacteria are useful for medicine as they help in the production of drugs for treatment.

* For antibiotic production: Antibiotics are produced by bacteria and other microbes like fungi.