• Question: how do microbugs help us ?

    Asked by anon-190581 to Lyndsay on 7 Nov 2018.
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      Lyndsay Christie answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      Microbugs (or bacteria) or often thought to be bad because the can make us ill and sick. Actually they have lots of good uses:
      >Some bacteria are ‘good’ and they can fight off the bad bacteria to stop them causing disease
      >Some bacteria can be used to make certain foods such as yoghurt and cheese
      >Some bacteria can be used to help make renewable energy sources

      There are lots of good uses for bacteria and in the future scientists will probably discover even more ways to use them.

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