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Human interactions with microbes include both practical and symbolic uses of microbes, and negative interactions in the form of human, domestic animal, and crop diseases. Practical use of microbes began in ancient times with fermentation in food processing ; bread , beer and wine have been produced by yeasts from the dawn of civilisation, such ...
Microbes are important in human culture and health in many ways, serving to ferment foods and treat sewage, and to produce fuel, enzymes, and other bioactive compounds. Microbes are essential tools in biology as model organisms and have been put to use in biological warfare and bioterrorism. Microbes are a vital component of fertile soil.
Microbes and Man is a popularising book by the English microbiologist John Postgate FRS [1] on the role of microorganisms in human society, first published in 1969, and still in print in 2017. Critics called it a "classic" [ 2 ] and "a pleasure to read".
The types of bacteria present in the gut could influence an individual's stress response over time, according to the findings of a recent study in mice. Gut bacteria may influence our stress ...
Mutualism occurs when both the pathogen and the host benefit from the interaction, as seen in the human stomach. Many of the bacteria aid in breaking down nutrients for the host, and in return, our bodies act as their ecosystem. [7] Parasitism occurs when the pathogen benefits from the relationship while the host is harmed.
Trasande has spent the last two decades studying how environmental exposures, including to microplastics, affect our health. “We eat a lot of plastic. We inhale a lot of plastic” in the form ...
Microorganisms, or microbes, span all three domains of life – bacteria, archaea, and many unicellular eukaryotes including some fungi and protists.Typically defined as unicellular life forms that can only be observed with a microscope, microorganisms were the first cellular life forms, and were critical for creating the conditions for the evolution of more complex multicellular forms.
Parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. [20] The parasite either feeds on the host, or, in the case of intestinal parasites, consumes some of its food.