Parasitology & Microbes

Microbes in Human Welfare

Microbes are essential to life on Earth. Microorganisms are not all dangerous. Numerous microorganisms have enormous human health benefits. We use microbes and their products almost every day. Antibiotics have considerably decreased diphtheria, whooping cough, and pneumonia. Through the use of vaccinations, medicines, and domestic items like curd, which includes the bacterium Lactobacillus, humans tremendously benefit from microorganisms. Sewage Treatment: Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter bacteria are used in the fermentation of sewage. Pseudomonas is one of the bacteria responsible for the breakdown of organic materials. Anaerobic production of gobar gas is carried out by methanobacteria. Viral vectors are used in recombinant DNA technology to transfer the required gene.