MAN AND MICROBES

DR. S.KARPAGAM
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
QUEEN MARY’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
CHENNAI - 600 004
FASCINATING PARROT FLOWER
 Life is nothing
with out
PLANTS.

Nothing exists in earth

with out
MICRO-ORGANISMS
EXTREME COLD CLIMATE
EXTREME CLIMATE OF
HOT SPRINGS
BARREN ROCKS
EXTREME COLD CLIMATE OF
ARCTIC REGION
CRUSTOSE LICHENS
FOLIOSE LICHENS
REINDEER MOSS
SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP OF
ALGAE AND FUNGI
FATHER OF MICROSCOPES
MICROBES OBSERVED BY
LEEUWENHOEK
MODERN RESEARCH MICROSCOPE
Milk and Milk products
Souring of milk by Lactobacillus
Pasteurization
White revolution
gave new hope
to the farmer’s life
 Agriculture
solely depends on
Micro-organisms
MONOCULTURE OF PADDY
NITROGEN FIXATION IN ROOT
NODULES OF GREEN GRAM
 Vam fungi
vesicular arbascular mycorrhiza
Nostoc – nitrogen fixer
Azolla - biofertilizer
Spirulina tanks
SPIRULINA FOR HEALTH
MASS CULTIVATION OF SPIRULINA
Spirulina
CHLORELLA
CHLORELLA TABLETS
Wheat flour
CAKES AND BREADS ARE THE
MARVELS FROM MICROBIAL
FERMENTATION
Yeast culture
Yeast budding out to soften the
bread
Small scale fermentor
MEDIUM SCALE BIOREACTOR
Large scale fermentor
Wine – a form of food preservation
Penicillium
Penicillium with conidia
GIANT MUSHROOM FLOURSHING IN A
FOREST
EDIBLE MUSHROOM
ROD SHAPED BACTERIA
SLIMY BACTERIA
 Bacterial infectious diseases

Anthrax : Leprosy (Hansen's disease) :

Bacterial meningitis : Leptospirosis
Botulism : Listeriosis :
Brucellosis : Lyme disease :
Campylobacteriosis : Melioidosis :
Cat scratch disease : MRSA infection :
Diphtheria : Nocardiosis :
Epidemic Typhus : Pertussis (Whooping cough) :
Gonorrhea : Plague :
Impetigo : Pneumococcal pneumonia :
Legionellosis Psittacosis :
Q fever
rickettsial illness
Salmonellosis :
Scarlet fever :
Shigellosis :
Syphilis :
Tetanus :
Trachoma :
Tuberculosis :
Tularemia :
Typhoid fever :
Typhus :
Urinary tract infections :
Fungal infectious
diseases

Aspergillosis
Blastomycosis
Candidiasis
Coccidioidomycosis
Cryptococcosis
Histoplasmosis
Tinea pedis
PARASITIC INFECTIOUS
DISEASES

African trypanosomiasis
Amebiasis
Ascariasis
Babesiosis
Chagas disease
Clonorchiasis
Cryptosporidiosis
Cysticercosis
Diphyllobothriasis
Dracunculiasis
Echinococcosis
Enterobiasis
Fascioliasis
Pediculosis
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Taeniasis
Toxocariasis
Toxoplasmosis
Trichinellosis
Trichuriasis
Trichomoniasis
Trypanosomiasis
Fasciolopsiasis
Filariasis
amebic infection
Giardiasis
Gnathostomiasis
Hymenolepiasis
Isosporiasis
Leishmaniasis
Malaria
Metagonimiasis
Myiasis
Onchocerciasis
Viral infections diseases
AIDS
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Common cold
Cytomegalovirus infection
Colorado tick fever
Dengue fever
Ebola haemorrhagic fever
Hand, foot and mouth disease
Hepatitis
Herpes simplex
Herpes zoster
HPV
Influenza (Flu)
Lassa fever
Measles
Marburg haemorrhagic fever
Infectious mononucleosis
Mumps
Poliomyelitis
leukencephalopathy
Rabies
Rubella
SARS
Smallpox (Variola)
Viral encephalitis
Viral gastroenteritis
Viral meningitis
Viral pneumonia
West Nile disease
Yellow fever
Prion infectious
diseases
Alpers syndrome
encephalopathy
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease
insomnia
Kuru
encephalopathy
Bacteria as a Vector in Gene cloning
EDIBLE VACCINE
GOLDEN RICE
Thank You