2007-10-30 10:22:33 · 4 answers · asked by Jamie E 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
It is not bad at all. There is a branch in microbiology called industrial microbiology to study the use of bacteria for manufacturing chemicals. Bacteria can be used to synthesize certain organic compounds and proteins. Human insulin is now produced by bacteria.
2007-10-30 10:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by OKIM IM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a very broad question. It's not bad at all for the yogurt- or cheese-making industry. For other industries like meat or vegetable crop production it is very bad. If bad forms of E. coli get into a batch of meat or vegetables, then it tends to stay on the processing machinery until it is washed off at the end of the day, thereby ruining an entire day's production.
2007-10-30 10:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by Wally M 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Wally.
It can obviously be bad. For example, the bacteria that causes pneumonia.
But what about the bacteria in our intestines, who actually benefit us? They aren't bad. And yeast? That's bacteria, and it certainly helps us.
2007-10-30 10:43:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. spoils food
2. causes diseases in livestock
3. causes illnesses in workers which costs industry more
2007-10-30 10:28:00 · answer #4 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋