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Question
Explain the uses of micro-organisms.
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Solution
Microorganisms have found widescale application in various industries. Some of their applications are:
- Use of Microorganisms in Food Industry:
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Lactobacillus bacterium promotes the conversion of milk into curd.
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Yeast is used in the preparation of breads, pastries, and cakes.
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- Use of Microorganisms in Vaccine Production:
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Protection of the body from the attack of various disease-causing microorganisms through vaccines is known as vaccination.
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A vaccine includes dead or weakened microbes that trigger the production of antibodies in the body.
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- Use of Microorganisms in Increasing Soil Fertility:
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Blue-green algae and Rhizobium are called biological nitrogen fixers.
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They fix atmospheric-free nitrogen to enhance soil fertility.
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These are just a few examples that highlight the commercial importance of these microorganisms.
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Sulphuric acid is present in the acid rain and materials coming out of mines. You know that erosion of metals present in statues, bridges and buildings occurs due to it. Sulphuric acid is a source of energy for some species of bacteria like Acidiphilium spp. and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Hence, these bacteria can control the soil pollution occurring due to acid rain. Water soluble salts of uranium are present in the wastes produced during electroplating and in effluent released in the environment from the atomic energy plant. Geobacter convert these salts of uranium into insoluble salts and thereby prevent those salts from mixing with groundwater sources.
- What causes metal erosion in statues, bridges and buildings?
- Sulphuric acid is the source of energy for which bacteria?
- What kind of pollution do these bacteria control?
- What are the water soluble salts in atomic energy plants and in the process of electroplating?
- Which bacteria prevent these salts from mixing with ground water by converting them Into insoluble salts?
