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MICROBES IN
HUMAN WELFARE
& INDUSTRIES
Lecture:1
Pallavi Mohite
Asst. Prof.
DCA
DEFINITION
Living organism (such as
bacteria, fungi, viruses) too
small to be seen with naked eye
but visible under a microscope.
DERIVATION OF MICROBES
Greek words:
Micros Small
+
Organismo Organism
s
FATHER OF MICROBIOLOGY
■Anton van
leeuwenhoek
■Discovered
microbes in
1675
■Devised first
microscope
Micro organisms
■Bacteria
■Fungi
■Virus
■Microscopic plants (Green
algae)
■Microscopic animals (Rotifers &
Planarians)
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