These are Some of the Helpful Bacteria Found in the Environment Around Us

People often get "sick" when they hear the worddigestive track of the human beings contains
bacteria. But that is not so. All bacteria are notthese helpful bacteria. The helpful bacteria basically
harmful; there are also some bacteria that arehave two aims in your body:
helpful to the people. In fact, you will be surprisedOne is to help the individual in the digestion of
to know that the life of the human beings wouldtheir food and secondly prevention of the other
have been more difficult without the existence ofharmful bacteria growing there.
such helpful bacteria.Significance of the Helpful Bacteria:
Bacteria are used for the production of food, fuel* The helpful bacteria invade the other viruses,
and medicines. They are also involved in thebacteria and yeasts to cease their growth.
environmental cleaning and recycling process.* It helps in the synthesis of vitamin K that is
Methane gas is a production of bacteria that isrequired for the clotting of the blood and also to
found in oxygen-free environment such as thekeep the bones strong.
bottom of the lakes or swamps. About 20% of* The helpful bacteria assist in the absorption of
the natural gas deposit of themagnesium that is needed for a number of
Earth is comprised of Methane.functions all over in your body.
Cheese, yogurt-Ah! These delicious products, you* It helps in manufacturing the enzyme lactase
are able to eat them only because of the action(milk digesting enzyme) that is required for the
of the bacteria. Bacteria growing in the milk helpdigestion of most of the dairy products.
to produce these products such as sour cream,* Helpful bacteria manufacture different B
cheese and yogurt. Some bacteria also act asvitamins that are needed for your body for
decomposers. They feed on that decayed matterperforming a number of functions.
and bring about its breakdown. If these helpful* They help in the prevention of toxicity from the
bacteria would not exist as decomposers, thennitrites.
the world would have been full with theSome of the helpful bacteria's are as follows:
environmental wastes of dead animals and plants.1. E. coli- it is a rod shaped bacteria residing in the
Some bacteria have the capacity of eatingstomach of the animals that helps in the process
harmful substances such as oil. Such helpfulof digestion.
bacteria are used in the cleaning of the gasoline2. Rhizobium- it is species that is greatly devoted
leakages or oil spills.to the fixation of the atmospheric nitrogen.
In short, we can say that the human body is full3. Streptomyces- it is a bacterium found in the
of these helpful bacteria's. If these helpful bacteriasoil that resides in branching colonies and is
would not have been present in your body, youfrequently used for the manufacture of the
would have become ill and suffer a lot. Thecommercial antibiotics.