Question

Write the advantages and disadvantages of microbes.

Answer 1

Microbes:

1. It is an organism of minute size and may exist in its single-celled form.
2. It cannot be seen without microscopes.
3. Types of microbes are viruses, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protists.
4. Protozoa also come under microbe.

a) Advantages:

1. They help in processing food digestion.
2. They help in cleansing of environment.
3. It can be used for antibiotic development.
4. Microbes help in farming also.
5. They help in the nitrogen cycle also in the fixation of nitrogen.

b) Disadvantages:

1. The major disadvantage is an illness caused in animals, plants, and humans.
2. It causes damage to teeth.
3. They are a source of disease transformation.
4. They impure food.
5. They destroy food products.