Question

What are examples of helpful bacteria?

Answer 1

Hint: More recently companies started making products called probiotics which contain helpful or good bacteria. They help our bodies to digest food and absorb nutrients. Probiotics are in many forms, including supplement pills, suppositories and creams. Many foods contain probiotics such as yoghurt, buttermilk etc.

Complete answer:
To answer this question you must know all about bacteria. Bacteria are everywhere, when you think of the word bacteria ‘ what comes to mind? you might think of harmful germs that carry disease and infection. While it is true that some bacteria can make us sick, not all bacteria. There are good bacteria also called probiotics which help to break down fats and protein in the digestive system..

There are millions of bacteria that live inside the human body. Some examples of helpful bacteria are E.coli ,streptomyces rhizobium ,lactobacillus ,bifidobacterium etc..
- Bifidobacterium bacteria occur naturally inside our body which lives in the intestine and helps to break down food and prevent issues like constipation and diarrhoea. Streptomyces used in making antibiotics and rhizobium are helpful found in soil.
- E.coli Help in the digestion of food by using up nutrients that some bacteria need to live. These bacteria also take up space in our gut, making it impossible for harmful bacteria to establish themselves and grow. And Lactobacillus acidophilus bacteria which does not occur naturally in the body but it is useful bacteria that can ferment milk into cheese, sour, creams and yoghurt.

Note: Probiotics found naturally which do not have any side effects but, if you take probiotics and also antibiotics then take them two hours apart to keep the antibiotics from cancelling the beneficial effect of the probiotics if you take both probiotics and antibiotics at a time than it might be possible antibiotics kill both harmful as well as useful bacteria both.