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What do microbes produce to kill other microbes?

Microbes can produce compounds such as antibiotics, bacteriocins, and enzymes that help them kill other microbes. These substances are often used as defense mechanisms to compete for resources and survive in their environment.


Why milk is boiled before it is used to make yogurt?

The heating step helps to inactivate enzymes responsible for spoilage, removes oxygen (to stop growth of microbes that need air to live), increases viscosity and inactivates antibodies.


What type of electromagnetic wave is used to sterilize?

Ultraviolet (UV) light is commonly used to sterilize surfaces and equipment. UV light has a germicidal effect that can inactivate bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms by damaging their DNA or RNA. UV light can be effective for sterilization when used at specific wavelengths and durations.


Are there any drawbacks to using microbes to clean up pollution?

There is the potential that the microbes used will either become dominant in the environment and alter to consume other food sources, or that they will change enough that we can no longer control them.


What are the microbes used in biotechnology?

Bacterium and yeast bateriophage are commonly used microbes.


What reagent can be used to inactivate aflatoxin?

Concentrated ammonia or sodium bisulfite


Can you incubate microbes?

Yes, microbes can be incubated in a controlled environment with appropriate temperature, humidity, and nutrient conditions to promote their growth and reproduction. Incubators are commonly used for this purpose in microbiology laboratories.


What are microbes used as?

They are used to make bread


Do microbes need nutrients?

Yes, microbes need nutrients to survive and grow. These nutrients can include carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and trace elements. Microbes obtain these nutrients from their environment to support their metabolic processes.


What are the commonly used in microbes in biotechnology?

Bacterium and yeast bateriophage are commonly used microbes.


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.


What is selection of microbes?

Selection of microbes refer to the choosing of the laboratory species that is to be used in some kind of research.