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Question 5
What are the major groups of microorganisms?

Answer 1

There are five major groups of micro-organisms:
i. Bacteria - They are single-celled disease-causing micro-organisms. They can be spiral or rod-shaped.
ii. Fungi - They are mostly multicellular disease-causing microbes. Bread moulds are common examples of fungi.
iii. Protozoa - They mainly include organisms such as Amoeba, Plasmodium, etc. They can be unicellular or multicellular.
iv. Virus -Viruses are disease-causing microbes that reproduce only inside the host organism.
v. Algae - They include multicellular, photosynthetic organisms such as Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas, etc