BIOL 2900 Lecture Notes - Gut Flora, Sultiame, Thiazide
Document Summary
In agriculture, microbes are involved in n xation. In waste management, they are used to break down waste materials in land lls. They are used for familiar culinary purposes (such as making wine, bread and cheese). Animals use it to digest cellulose from plant products. Plants need microbes as well one of which include algae. However, antibiotics can kill commensal (good) bacteria inside the stomach. Much of the oxygen available to us comes from aquatic microbes. Microbes are able to recycle phosphorous, oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen. There are 10 bacterial cells for every one cell. Turning inorganic molecules such as n and co2 into organic compounds such as amino acids and nucleic acids. They are ultimately responsible for atmospheric o2 (cyanobacteria-aquatic microbes) Microbes are intimately involved in waste breakdown(garbage & sewage treatments) Food production (wine, bread, and cheese production for example) -> yeast is necessary for bread production(fermentation) and for ethanol. -> penicillin and insulin are derived from microbes.