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MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE

MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE. MICROBES. Bacteria Fungi Protozoa Certain algae Viruses viroids. USEFUL ASPECTS OF MICROBES.

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MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE

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  1. MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE

  2. MICROBES • Bacteria • Fungi • Protozoa • Certain algae • Viruses • viroids

  3. USEFUL ASPECTS OF MICROBES

  4. MICROBES IN HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS • Production of curd from milk • Check disease causing microbe in our stomach • Fermentation of dough of idli, dosa and bread • Fermentation of traditional drinks like ‘toddy’ • Fermentation of fish, soyabean and bamboo shoots • Production of different varieties of cheese like ‘Swiss cheese’, ‘Roquefort cheese’ etc.

  5. MICROBES IN HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS

  6. MICROBES IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS • Fermented beverages • Antibiotics • Chemicals • Enzymes • Bioactive molecules

  7. FERMENTED BEVERAGES(YEAST) • Fermentation of fruit juices and malted cereals into ethanol. • Alcoholic drinks- (a) with distillation-whisky, rum, brandy (b) without distillation- wine, beer

  8. ANTIBIOTICS • Chemical substances, produced by some microbes and can kill or retard the growth of other disease causing microbes. • E.g. Penicillin obtained from fungus Penicillum notatum.

  9. CHEMICALS (Organic Acids & Alcohol)

  10. ENZYMES

  11. BIOACTIVE MOLECULES

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