MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE

WORKSHEET GIVEN ON 11/07/23 TO BE SUBMITTED ON 14/07/23

1. Microorganism such as ___________ and others commonly called ___________ grow in milk and
convert it to curd.
2. In the dough used for making dosa and idli, the puffed-up appearance of it is due to the production of
___________
3. The dough used for making bread is fermented using ___________
4. The scientific name of Baker’s yeast is ___________
5. ___________ is a traditional drink in some parts of southern India that is made by fermenting sap
from palms.
6. The large holes in ‘Swiss cheese’ are due to production of large amount of ___________ by a
bacterium named ___________
7. The ‘Rouefort cheese’ is ripened by growing specific ___________ on them which gives them a
particular flavor.
8. The alcoholic drink ___________ and beer are produced without distillation whereas ___________,
___________ and rum are produced by distillation of fermented broth.
9. ___________ was the first antibiotic to be discovered by ___________.
10. Alexander Fleming while working on ___________ observed that the mould named ___________
growing in unwashed plate produced penicillin because of which bacteria was not able to grow around
mould.
11. Fill the correct acid producer of respective acid: citric acid by ___________ , acetic acid by
___________, butyric acid by ___________ , and lactic acid by ___________ .
12. ___________ enzymes are used in detergent formulations and are helpful in removing oily stains
from the laundry.
13. Streptokinase is produced by bacterium ___________.
14. Cyclosporin A is used as immunosuppressive agent in organ transplant patients is produced by
fungus ___________.
15. ___________ produced by the yeast ___________ have been commercialized as blood-cholesterol
lowering agents.
16. In primary treatment of waste water, all the solids that settle form the ___________, and the
supernatant forms effluent
17. Secondary treatment of waste water is also known as ___________.
18. The masses of bacteria associated with fungal filaments to form mesh like structures in secondary
treatment of waste water is called ___________.
19. ___________is the measure of organic matter present in water. The more it is, ___________is its
polluting potential of waste water.
20. In biological treatment of waste water, a small part of ___________is pumped back into aeration
tank to serve as inoculum and remaining part is pumped into larger tanks called ___________.
21. During the digestion in anaerobic sludge digester, bacteria produce a mixture of gases such as
___________, hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide. These gases forms ___________.
22. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has initiated ___________and ___________to save the
major rivers of our country from pollution.
23. The technology of biogas production was developed in India mainly due to efforts of
___________and Khadi and ___________.
24. The microbial biocontrol agents used to control butterfly caterpillars is the bacteria ___________.
When insect eats spore of this bacterium, the toxin is released in ___________of larvae and larva is
killed.
25. ___________are pathogens that attack insects and other arthropods. The majority of them used as
biological control agents are in the genus ___________.
26. In paddy fields, ___________serve as an important biofertilizer.
27. The nodules on the roots of leguminous plants are formed by the symbiotic association of
___________.
28. Microbes can also be used to kill harmful pests, a process called as ___________.
29. The symbiotic association form between some fungi and plants are called ___________.
30. Many members of the genus ___________form mycorrhiza.