answersLogoWhite

0

Are microbes useful are harmful

User Avatar

Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Microbes might be either useful or harmful. Those that cause disease are of course, harmful, but there are millions of microbes in your body that aid in functions such as digestion. There are also microbes that occur in food products. Yeast is a good example. Also yogurt contains microbes as part of the product.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

How are microbes useful to us?

Some Microbes can help us to live healthily by fighting against other harmful microbes or germs.


Are microbes harmful?

All Microbes are not harmful. All virus are harmful. Some bacteria are harmful


What are harmful microbes?

Harmful microbes are germs ,they cause various diseases i.e Bacteria,fungi,protozoa & viruses etc


What can microbes do?

There are both harmful and useful microbes. Harmful microbes like bacteria,virus and fungus can cause diseases while some useful microbes like bacteria can help in fermentation process like the yeast or as food like mushroom and many lacobacillus microbes that help in producing vitamins and in synthesis of food.Many microbes help produce antibiotic medicines. Microbes like algae are edible or help by photosynthesis to maintain the CO2 -O2 balance in the environment.


How are microbes useful and harmful?

Microbes are useful for producing food (like cheese and yogurt), breaking down organic matter in nature, and assisting in digestion in our bodies. However, they can also be harmful by causing diseases, food spoilage, and contamination of surfaces.


How can microorganisms be both helpful and harmful?

mould is a helpful one and bacteria is a harmful one


Are lions harmful or useful?

lion are useful and harmful


Is a ameoba harmful or useful?

It is not harmful. Also it is not useful


What are Useful and Harmful Changes?

The changes talking place in our surroundings and which are useful to us are called Useful changes. The changes which are not useful but harmful are called Harmful changes


Are all microbs harmful?

Not all microbes are harmful. Some are quite helpful. As humans, we actually have microbes in our bodies and on our skin that work to keep us from getting certain diseases.


What microbes are harmful to humans?

it depends on whether the microbes are visuses causing colds etc. or whether they are benefictial to us.


What is a common name for a harmful microbe?

The most common name for harmful microbes is germs.