Question

write a short paragraph on the harmful effects of microorganisms ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Harmful effects of microorganisms:

• Bacteria: Causes various diseases such as typhoid, diarrhea, and cholera.
• Fungi: Causes a large number of diseases in plants and in animals such as rust diseases in plants, fruit rot in apple, red rot in sugar cane and ring worm disease in human beings.

Answer 2

Answer:

What are microorganisms?

Microorganisms are minute organisms that are invisible to the naked eye. Microorganisms are so small that they can only be seen under a microscope. These include a huge range of organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae, protozoa, etc.

Harmful effects

These microbes can be beneficial as well as harmful in many ways, which are listed below.

Food spoilage

Some micro-organisms such as fungus spoil our food. For example, when left unused under moist conditions, bread gets spoilt by fungus, producing a white cotton-like growth on the bread. This leads to food poisoning.

Spreading of diseases

Microorganisms cause diseases in animals. For example, in humans, bacteria cause diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid, etc.