In which way microbes have played a major role in controlling diseases caused by harmful bacteria ?
Antibiotics produced by microbes play a major role in controlling diseases caused by harmful bacteria. The antibiotics retard or stop the growth of various microbes and thus the disease can be cured.
Example : Penicillin produced by Penicillium chrysogenum is active against various species of Staphylococci and Streptococci.
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Give examples to prove that microbes release gases during metabolism.
Name any two species of fungus, which are used in the production of antibiotics.
Name some traditional Indian foods made of wheat, rice and Bengal gram (or their products) which involve use of microbes.
Bacteria cannot be seen with the naked eyes, but these can be seen with the help of a microscope. If you have to carry a sample from your home to your biology laboratory to demonstrate the presence of microbes under a microscope, which sample would you carry and why ?
