Find Out A Few Of The Branches That Comprise Microbiology Society

By Edna Booker


If you were careful to look at what science is contributing to the world today, you would conclude that it is making globe great. Unlike in some areas where some people are associating it with bad things, the truth is that you need to appreciate science. Many people today find it good to study microbiology to know how to control microorganisms such as protozoa, algae, fungi and viruses. Most of these scientists are members of the microbiology society in the country.

If you are willing to study microbiology, you should know that it involves different branches. This means that the members of this society are not from the save line of study since they fall in the different branches. Mycology happens to be one of the branches that people with interest in learning more about fungi join. These scientists further classify fungi into yeast, molds, mushrooms and puff balls.

Other members you will find in this scientific community include those who study virology. From the science study of these microbes, viruses are neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic. According to most scientists who are members in this community or organization, viruses are between non-living and living things. According to many members in this community, viruses cause diseases to animals, human beings and plants.

If you choose to study more about protozoa, you will qualify to join this community once you fulfill the assessing board with your scientific qualification. Protozoa cause various diseases such as sleeping sickness, amoebic dysentery and malaria. Those who study protozoa play important role in controlling malaria that kills most newborns, children and pregnant mothers due to their low immunity.

Behind the different infections and diseases are pathogens. These are microorganisms that access your body systems and reproduce there causing infections. However, they would continue causing these infections until these scientists discover how they cause them and their life cycles as well. These scientists also study about the physiology and genetics of these microorganisms especially those that cause leprosy, tuberculosis and typhoid.

Among other scientists you find in this community are those who study different processes of fermentation and their application. Fermentation is crucial to most industries since they produce their products through this process. However, some people do not know that certain microorganisms facilitate fermentation. Scientists in this branch explain how fermentation brings about alcoholic drinks.

It is important to know that scientists who study immunological reactions and their systems are also part of this community. In fact, they comprise of a significant number today due to their great involvement in knowing how human body fight microbes and germs in the body. Some people do not know that their body systems produce certain toxins that cause serious problems later in the body. However, these scientists help you understand how your body forms antibodies that destroy antigens that cause medical problems.

Finally, the objects you see around go through degradation process with the help of particular microorganisms. Actually, many people would not know this if there were no scientists to discover it. For this reason, scientists who study how microbes degrade objects and how certain microbes can eradicate oil spill in aquatic ecosystems also belong to this community.




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