Fungi

Harmful: 1. Cause diseases and infections such as athlete's foot, ringworm, lung infections ... as well as irritating those with allergies 2. Decay food 3. Cause diseases of our crops 4. Infect our ornamental plants 5. Ruin our clothing and other possessions Helpful: 1. Decompose dead organic matter to return nutrients to the ecosystem 2. Provide some food directly, like mushrooms 3. Used to produce or process other foods, like yeast for bread or alcohol, mold in blue cheese 4. Source of antibiotics Usefulness in the ecosystem:

Fungi are the recyclers. They gather on the remains of dead plants and animals are recycle the nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Cockroach
Harmful:

. They molt their skin and it's a irritant for people with asthma. They cause dysentery (diarrhea) due to unsanitary conditions, and because they like to crawl over utensils and toothbrushes while smearing their feces everywhere on it. They contaminate our food, and can cause streptococcus.
. Cockroaches are known to carry diseases like dysentery, typhoid and poliomyelitis, as well as gastroenteritis. Many of the substances that they feed on are already contaminated,

Usefulness in the eco-system Actually roaches provide a huge source of food for predator insects such as scorpions, spiders, crickets (some species are very carnivorous), centipedes, praying mantises, and other carnivorous insects. In additon, some animals prey on roaches such as lizards, birds, and birds. So, they fill a gap in providing a ready food source for a variety of animals and insects. As far as a helpful role in the ecosystem (other than being prey). They do not provide any helpful benefits. Roaches are scavengers and scavenge on rotting and filthy sources of vegetation and decaying

meat. Because of this, they can also be plague carriers of various diseases. Which goes to show you how helpful they are to society.

Lizard
Usefulness: Lizards eat insects that are harmful to people.

Bacteria
Usefulness: benefits in the digestive tract. Bacteria in our guts actually help us digest food more completely. used in dairy products, powders cream, yogurt, curd, different varieties of cheese Usefulness in ecosystem: Sweet smell that comes from earth with the first rain was due to bacteria present in soil.