Question

What are the main features of industrial microbiology?

Answer 1

Hint: In short, the terms ‘Industrial Microbiology’ and ‘Fermentation’ are quite similar with each other. In ‘Industrial Microbiology’, different microbes are being used in order to make different products and this is an important branch of ‘biotechnology’. In several sectors of production and human lives, the use of microbiology brings the difference in regards to scientific developments.

Complete answer:
1. For Foods:- In the Food Industry, the bacteria are being used to create the probiotics. These probiotics are very useful in the food industry where by the processes of fermentation, the yogurt, cream, cheese, coffee and other materials are produced.
2. Virus culture in Pharmaceutical Industry:- ‘Gene Expression’ and ‘Delivery Vectors’ are some sort of biotechnological techniques through which those viruses are pushed in the animal and insect cells so that the required vaccines can be made.
3. In Medicine and Healthcare:- For an example, for diabetic patients, insulin synthesis is very important. Some bacterial microorganisms are responsible for this synthesis in our body. Other than these, in consistent research in the domain of medicine and healthcare, it is also found that many types of bacteria are responsible for the development of growth hormones in our body and the antibodies are also synthesized by them.
4. Bioremediation or Cleansing of Environment:- What we find the wastes are being released by the industries and those are evidently harmful for our nature. ‘Biostimulation’ and ‘Bioaugmentation’ are some helpful techniques of Bioremediation (that is, the remediate the nature by the help of biotechnological processes), where the pollutants of the environment and waste materials from the seas and in other water bodies are cleaned and purified. The bacteria as present inside the soil make the soil fertile and they become the salient factors for the growth of nutritious foods.
5. Making Biopolymers:- Genetic Engineering and its industrial usages have been made possible for us to create several biopolymers like polyesters and else. From clothes to apparels, they are hugely used which has been possible only for the help of microorganisms.

Note: We know about the harmful bacteria and viruses which are responsible for different diseases in our human society. But it is a fact that the number of those microorganisms are very few in number in contrast with the number of helpful bacteria and microorganisms. In every aspect of our modern life, we can see the contribution of those helpful microorganisms.The animals and humans use to get 70% of oxygen from the microorganisms in our nature.