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- Beneficial Effects of Microorganisms
- Harmful Effects of Microorganisms
Beneficial Effects of Microorganisms:
1. Maintenance of soil fertility and recycling of nutrients in the ecosystem.
2. Sewage disposal: Saprophytic micro-organismMicrobes are organisms that are too small to be seen without using a microscope. They include organisms like bacteria, archaea, and single-cell eukaryotes (organisms whose cells have a nucleus e.g. amoeba... More decomposes sewage into harmless inorganic compounds, while the sludge is used as fertilizer.
3. Many antibiotics are produced from microbes. For example, Penicillin is produced from Penicillium.
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