Question

why study microbiology?

Answer 1

Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, making it possible to identify how some of these organisms cause diseases, discover, cures for such diseases and even use some microbes for industrial purposes etc.

The human body is effected all of the time by microbes; there are healthy microbes that are in our body that help protect us, and microbes that can affect us in negative ways.

microorganisms which are not visible through naked eyes. Some microorganisms cause mild cough and cold and few causes life-threatening diseases. But most of them are beneficial or harmless. They are used for the production of cheese, yoghurt, for fertilization of soil etc.

The study of Microbiology will take you into that world; you’ll learn how bacteria and human cells are different, and connect that concept with how pharmacology can effect bacteria without doing harm to the patient's cells.

Microbiology is a very important topic for nurses to study. This is because our infectious diseases are caused by microbes. As microbiology deals with the study of little organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungus, parasites, etc,

For example, E. col (Escherichia coli) is a bacteria which is normally found in our intestines and helps with the absorption of Vitamin K and other nutrients, and in turn, we humans provide a nutrient-rich environment for it to blossom in.

The knowledge of microbiology plays an important role to make them understand the maintenance of personal and community hygiene, the fundamentals of hospital and prevention of illnesses.