CHAPTER 10
Microbes in Human Welfare
CHAPTER AT A GLANCE
- Microbes can be found everywhere, spanning environments from soil and water to the atmosphere, both within the bodies of living organisms, such as humans, animals, and plants.
- They also thrive in extreme conditions where traditional life forms cannot survive, including the scorching depths of geysers with temperatures reaching as high as 100°C, deep within soil, beneath layers of thick snow, and in highly acidic surroundings.
- Microbes exhibit remarkable diversity, comprising protozoa, bacteria, fungi, microscopic viruses affecting animals and plants, viroids, and prions—proteinaceous infectious agents.
- Certain microbes, such as bacteria and many fungi, can be cultured on nutrient-rich ...
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