Question

What is the importance of identifying bacteria?

Answer 1

Bacteria:

1. Bacteria are single-celled organisms with prokaryotic cells.
2. They are tiny in size.
3. They do not have true organelles such as chloroplast, nucleus, etc.
4. Some examples of bacteria are E.coli, Lactobacillus, etc.

It is important to identify bacteria because:

1. Some pathogenic bacteria may cause diseases in humans. Therefore, it is important to remove such bacteria.
2. Bacteria leads to the spoilage of food. Hence, in food industries its identification is necessary.
3. For safety hazards, it must be identified.