Microorganisms

• Importance of microorganisms
• In food industry
  • Lactobacillus bacteria promote the conversion of milk into curd.
  • Yeast is used in preparation of breads, pastries and cakes.
• In beverage industry
  • Yeast is used for commercial production of alcohol, wine and vinegar (acetic acid).
  • Yeast acts on sugar and converts it into alcohol by the process of fermentation. Louis Pasteur discovered fermentation.

• In medicine production
  • Medicines produced by certain microorganisms to kill or stop the growth of other disease-causing microorganisms are called antibiotics.
  • Antibiotics are obtained from bacteria and fungi.
  • They are classified as narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum antibiotics.
  • Commonly used anti…