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Question :In which way have microbes played a major role in controlling diseases caused by harmful bacteria?

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Solution : Microbes PRODUCE certain substances that stop the growth of other microbes called antibiotics. This property of microbes has been used successfully against diseasecausing bacteria by PRODUCING antibiotics commercially. For example, an antibiotic like STREPTOMYCIN, obtained from Streptomyces griseus, is used against a number of diseases, such as MENINGITIS, pneumonia, tuberculosis, ETC.


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