Economic importance of bacteria

Economic importance of bacteria
#Economic importance of bacteria
#Bacteria​ : economically important as these microorganisms are used by humans for many purposes.
#Beneficial​ uses of bacteria
#Genetic​ engineering :
#Biotechnology​ :
#Food​ processing :
#Bioremediation​
#Industry​ importance of bacteria
#Fiber​ industry:
#Medicine​ (probiotics)
#Agriculture​ importance

1. Economic importance of bacteria Presented by : Khushbu’s Microbiology

2. Bacteria :microorganisms Bacteria :helpful to the other living organisms Nutrition , health , or any other support without causing any harmful effects . Bacteria : economically important as these microorganisms are used by humans  for many purposes .

3. Beneficial uses of bacteria Production of traditional foods : Yogurt Cheese vinegar. Agriculture : Compost and fertilizer production . Bacteria : in genetic engineering genetic changes.

4. Useful bacteria Genetic engineering : production of human insulin  and human growth hormone Biotechnology : Bacteria are important in the production of many dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals . Food processing : Sourdough  bread is made to rise by fermentation, with a leaven that consists of bacteria , often combined with wild yeast Enzymes Image : Recently refreshed sourdough

5. Useful bacteria Bioremediation : remove  pollutants from contaminated water, soil and subsurface material .   Mega Borg  Oil Spill 100 pounds of bacteria were sprayed over an acre of the oil slick to break down the  hydrocarbons  present into more benign by-products . Image : Alcanivorax borkumensis is capable of degrading oil in seawater

6. Industry importance of bacteria Fiber industry: Bacteria like : clostridium butyrcum is used in the retting of flax, sunn hemp to extract the clear fiber .   Tea and tobacco: Micrococcus   & Bacillus megatherium  are used in the curing of tea and tobacco .

7. Industry importance of bacteria Sterilization : This is a process to eradicate microbial contamination from finished products. Few bacteria : biological indicators for sterilization validation . These bacteria are available commercially as strips containing spores.

8. Medicine (probiotics) Antibiotics : E. coli  : used for produce  D-amino acids such as D-p- hydroxy phenylglycin , an important intermediate for synthesis of the antibiotic amoxicillin. Insulin , Other medicines are obtained from them.   Escherichia coli  : used for commercial preparation of riboflavin and vitamin K.

9. Agriculture importance Bio-pesticides and fertilizers. Pest control : Bacteria can also be used in the place of pesticides in biological pest control Nitrification : Rhizobium   bacteria, living in root nodules of leguminous plant symbiotically, helps in fixing atmospheric nitrogen . THANKS