Microorganisms are essential to our life. Which of the following is/are example(s) of a beneficial function of microorganisms? (There may be more than one answer)
Increased number of illnesses is not beneficial to humans.
Gene therapy is beneficial to patients and employs bacterial vectors to introduce desirable genes into the stem cells.
Agriculture is also benefitted from bacterial organisms. In the plants which produce pulses, they donot have the ability to fix nitrogen. This is done by a gram negative bacteria called rhizopus for legumes in exchange for nutrition and shelter (symbiotic relationship). This is also beneficial for humans.
Bioremediation is also beneficial for humans and employs bacterial agents.
Biomass production (production of ethanol by fermenting organisms) is a clean source of fuel and highly beneficial for humans.
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