Bacteria and molds are part of nature and are sometimes responsible for disease, spoilage of nutrients and drinking water, and corrosion; however, they are essential for keeping the ecosystem balance, to process nutrients, and for production of diverse industrial materials. Aim of microbiologists: - reproducible growth of their microbial cultures (requires defined environmental conditions with respect to energy source, temperature, pH and nutrients)
- reproducible and reliable tests to identify and differentiate microorganisms
- reproducible reagents for science
Applications: - detection, enumeration, differentiation and identification of organisms
- biotechnology industry (fermentation of foods, pharmaceuticals etc.)
- science (study single genes and their proteins, nature of organisms, etc.)
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