Invisible but not insignificant, microbes are the oldest and simplest life forms
on earth. They have played a crucial role in determining environmental conditions
on primeval earth. Even today they govern key natural cycles. They are an industrial
workforce to reckon with.at work in bread, beer, cheese, wine, pharmaceutical and
pesticide manufacturing units. They are used in bioremediation, recycling of wastes
and in mining elements from low grade ores. Once in a while they bring pestilence
but only when human actions provide favourable conditions. Take a close look at
these teeming millions that live unseen around and within us for it is they who
hold the key to a better world. Welcome to the world of microbes!
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