Are most bacteria helpful or harmful?

Answer 1

It depends how you look at it. Certain types of bacteria are used in a good way, to make yogurt and other dairy products and are part of the sewage treatment process. They are also used to make medicine and are part of biotechnology. Unfortunately, they can also cause infections and deadly illnesses like anthrax, cholera and tuberculosis.

Answer 2

If your talking about the bacteria in Probiotics then I would say it is extremely helpful and important. Probiotics are live microbial organisms that are naturally present in the digestive tract. This good bacteria, acidophilus is a probiotic bacterium and acidophilus is considered as bacteria which aids in maintaining our intestinal health.

Probiotics promote health include suppressing the growth of potentially harmful bacteria, improving immune function, enhancing the protective barrier of the digestive tract, and helping to produce vitamin K.

One of the unparalleled food sources of acidophilus is considered to be the yogurt. The yogurt is long valued for its nutritional and therapeutic benefits. The acidophilus supplements are currently sold in health-food stores

Answer 3

I learned this in science class a few weeks ago. 95% of bacteria are helpful to us and only 5% are harmful. Pretty amazing, right?

Answer 4

it is helpfull beacuse it breaks down food

Answer 5

streptocaucus and staphyllocaucus also poliamyellitus + pneumcoccus

this was actually for my science HW

Answer 6

Yes they are because there is a special bacteria in yoghurt but as you can see whenever we eat yoghurt we do not get harmed in any way.

Answer 7

Well some bacteria can be beneficial to humans in some ways like yogort, bread and many other things they are made from or have a good kind of bacteria in them

Answer 8

They can be both.

Some bacteria is harmful and causes illnesses or infections in humans. While other bacteria is healthy and promotes digestion while boosting the immune system.