Write the commercial and medicinal uses of Microorganisms???
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Explanation:
commercial - making food items like curd
medicinal - making antibiotics
Answer:
•Some commercial uses of Microorganisms:
*Food production: Alcohol, Dairy products, Bread, organic acids production.
*Pollutant degradation: Complex hydrocarbons or synthetic polymer degradation.
*Soil Fertility: Some microbes increases soil fertility by decomposing wastes and aerating soil and also by solubilizing various minerals.
*Insecticide production: Some microorganisms can destroy insects that are harmful for crops.
Some Medicinal uses:
•Medically important substance *production: Antibiotics, enzymes, Steroids, Hormones, vitamins production.
*Single cell Proteins: Can be consumed as protein source.
*Probiotics: Helps nourish our normal body microflora.
*Vectors: A number of viruses can be used as vector for gene therapy.